Calculated Genius Awards $46,000 in Scholarships through the STEMINIST Scholarship Program in 2021

Calculated Genius is proud to share that we awarded seventeen (17) freshmen undergraduate women with scholarships totaling $46,000 for the 2021-2022 academic school year. In addition to financial support, STEMINIST Scholars will receive access to mentorship and career development resources.

“This year our pool of applicants included alumni of 2020 Calculated Genius high school programming which brought an extra level of gratification to the work we are doing ,” said Kelley Francis, Executive Director of Calculated Genius. “Having developed relationships with these scholars and knowing the impressive dreams and aspirations they have made awarding several of our program alumni with scholarship awards extremely fulfilling. We are thrilled to share our impressive Class of 2021 and look forward to working with them this year and beyond.” 

This program is provided by the generous support of our donors and program sponsors including Kimberly Moore, Kimberly & Christopher Jenkins Charitable Gift Fund, Motorola Solutions Foundation, LinkedIn, The Black Oak Restaurant, Visit.Org experiences, and individual supporters of our organization.

In an effort to help close the gender gap and support more women on their path to succeed in engineering and computer science, Calculated Genius is proud to support and encourage women to pursue these degrees by recognizing their talents with financial awards and additional support thereafter. The scholarship recipients agree to participate in a minimum of yearlong programming including mentorship, career readiness and overall support to them during their college career, as well as alumni opportunities to give back to high-school students in Calculated Genius programs.

In order to be eligible to apply, applicants had to be a female graduating high school student who plans on majoring in engineering or computer science in college, a minimum 3.0 GPA, and come from the Chicago metropolitan area. Complete and eligible applications were reviewed and judged based on academic achievements and records, community involvement or volunteerism, letters of recommendation and essay content.

Congratulations to the seventeen (17) women who were selected to receive scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic school year. The scholars include:

$500 award recipients: 

  1. Roaa Marei graduated from East Leyden High School and is attending Harvard University for Mechanical Engineering

  2. Annabel Johnson is a graduate of Huntley High School and now attending University of Alabama at Birmingham for Biomedical Engineering major, with a neuroscience/mechanical systems minor

$1,000 Scholarship Recipients:

  1. Jessica Beck is a graduate of Maine South High School and is attending the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor for Chemical Engineering

  2. Kaleia Maxey graduated from Chicago High School for Agricultural Science and is attending Purdue University for Industrial Engineering

  3. Emily Mendoza is a graduate of Holy Trinity High School and is attending the University of Illinois at Chicago for Computer Science

  4. Mercy Olatunde graduated from Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine and is attending Washington University in Saint Louis for Bioengineering

  5. Sabine Ramirez is a graduate of Epic Academy and is attending Purdue University - West Lafayette for Mechanical Engineering

$2,000 Scholarship Recipients: 

  1. Dominique Browder graduated from Plainfield East High School and is attending Fairfield University majoring in Bioengineering

  2. Stella Frangiadakis is a graduate of Rolling Meadows High School and is attending the University of Minnesota Twin Cities for Biomedical Engineering

  3. Ilana Kaven graduated from Evanston Township High School and is attending The University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign for Computer Science

  4. Joanna Kryczka is a graduate of Willows Academy and is attending the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign for Civil Engineering

  5. Andrea Nava graduated from Walter Payton College Prep and is attending The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign for Civil Engineering

$5,000 Scholarship Recipients:

  1. Chloe Leung is a graduate of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School and now attending Northwestern University for Mechanical Engineering

  2. Alayna Nguyen graduated from Naperville North High School and is attending Columbia University majoring in Computer Science

  3. Katelyn Schumacher graduated from Walter Payton College Preparatory High School and is attending Vanderbilt University for Biomedical Engineering

$5,000 Renewable Scholarship Recipient: 

  1. Corrie Barnes is a graduate of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School and is attending University of Chicago for Computer Science and Mathematics (Double Major)

$10,000 Scholarship Recipient: 

  1. Elizabeth Codamon is a graduate of Whitney M Young Magnet High School and is attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for Computer Science

We are so proud of our scholarship recipients and look forward to seeing the amazing work they will accomplish in their college careers.

A sincere thank you to the supporters that make these scholarship opportunities for our students possible, we are so grateful!

If you are interested in joining our pool of mentors and volunteers, please visit here.

If you are interested in sponsoring a Class of 2022 please contact Kelley Francis to discuss the various opportunities!

Class of 2021 STEMINIST Scholars

Class of 2021 STEMINIST Scholars

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