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AMW 2024 Scholarship Winners Announced

The Healthy Children Project Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the fourth round of our Accessing the Milky Way Scholarship initiative. We received nearly 300 applicants and our decisions were not easy.

Monica DeCarlo
Ebony Buckner
Taesha Foster
Josalyn Tillman
Neroli Williams
Dominga Lopez Raymundo
Keturah Peters
Chelsie Orellana
Gladys Gahimbare
Kachema Woodruff
Ariel Offutt
Juanita Wooley
Nasheed Coleman
Tequeila Moon
Monye Kennedy
Shanice Riggins
Katarina Sepulveda
Cassandra Griffin
Natasha Renee Grant-Dean
Debora Firmino

The people listed above have received a full scholarship that covers tuition for the online Lactation Counselor Training Course. In addition, our publishing partners, Jones and Bartlett Learning have generously donated copies of the Pocket Guide to Lactation Management for each of the winners.

For the first time, 30 additional participants were awarded partial scholarships.

De’Anna Thomas
LaTisha Inez Baker
Faith Aquil
Janae McMillan Aderson
Quani Gore
Dera Williams
Sandra Contreras
Shaina Simon
Sofia Rios
Aisha Muzzammil
Antonia Asher
Charisse Blanks
Sonia Fumie Nakasone
Tara-Osira Christopher
Michelle Smith
Sharyron Jarmon
Olivia Jay
Janene Simmons
Artiesha Jarrett
Danielle Byrd
Cherese Richards
Amina Wright
Charlene Walker
Amber Adams-Jackson
Mariah Johnson
Denelle Marie Philemon
Yvonne McKoy-Fisk
Aisha Butde
Maria Ayala
Anne Rock