AEF Scholarships

David Iselin Scholarship for Community Service

• 2025: Adame Temesgen (Columbia Heights Educational Campus [CHEC])

• 2024: Adame Temesgen (CHEC)

• 2023: Jean-Pierre Roberts (Jackson-Reed HS)

• 2022: Jean-Pierre Roberts (Jackson-Reed HS)

• 2021: Jean-Pierre Roberts (Jackson-Reed HS)

• 2019: Adame Temesgen (CHEC)

• 2020: Adame Temesgen (CHEC)

Ray Bennett Memorial Scholarship for Leadership

• 2025: Shamiyah McGee (Coolidge HS)

• 2024: DeAnna Mozee (Roosevelt HS)

• 2023: Mattison McDonald (Coolidge HS)

Akira Wilson Memorial Scholarship for Entrepreneurship

• 2025: Leslie Galo-Valle (Jackson-Reed HS)

• 2024: Evelyn Consolla (Jackson-Reed HS)

• 2023: Jennifer Rivera-Martinez (Jackson-Reed HS)

Joe Shymanski Memorial Scholarship for Photography & Media

• 2025: Darren Heard Jr. (Ballou HS)

• 2024: Ty Monroe (Coolidge HS)

Gregory McCarthy Scholarship for Leadership

• 2021: Tenielle Parker (CHEC)

• 2020: Makayla Cruz (CHEC)

• 2019: Zoe Roberts (Wilson HS)

• 2018: Daren Dorsey (Ballou HS)

• 2017: Johana Romero-Valdez (CHEC)

• 2016: Deranique Graydon (Ballou HS)

• 2015: Robsa Mideksa (Hospitality HS)

• 2014: Amanda Burnham (Hospitality HS)

AEF Scholarship Winners

• 2025: James Walton Jr. (Maya Angelou PCS)

• 2025: Jennifer Pineda-Arias (CHEC)  

• 2025: JohnTay Taylor (River Terrace Education Campus)  

• 2025: Sydney Mabry  (Jackson-Reed HS) 

• 2024: Abide Kao (CHEC)

• 2024: Belinda Alcoser-Gonzalez (Jackson-Reed HS)

• 2024: John Thompson (Ballou HS)

• 2024: Kaleb Bland (Coolidge HS)

• 2024: Khalil Malloy (CHEC)

• 2024: Melany Mendez-Casas (Coolidge HS)

• 2024: Trevon Bernado (River Terrace EC)

• 2023: Francisco Hernandez-Pineda (CHEC)

• 2022: Damek Bennett (Maya Angelou PCHS) 

• 2022: Kaiya Lewis (Maya Angelou PCHS)

• 2022: Antonio Newton (Maya Angelou PCHS)

• 2022: Anura Sharma (CHEC)

• 2022: Nana Sissoko (Jackson-Reed HS)

• 2021: Jazzmen Morant (Ballou HS)

• 2021: Anura Sharma (CHEC)

• 2020: Jermaine Evans (Wilson HS)

• 2019: Deranique Graydon (Ballou HS)

• 2019: Diamond Hunter (Temple University; Wilson HS)

• 2019: Andre Jones (Maya Angelou PCHS)

• 2019: Jose Martinez (CHEC)

• 2019: Amya McKoy (Ballou HS)

• 2019: Britney Rivera- Martinez (Wilson HS)

• 2019: Loriel Taylor (Maya Angelou PCHS)

• 2018: Perpetua Nkem (CHEC)

• 2018: Sharnae Niblet (Maya Angelou PCHS)

• 2018: Lauren Bryana Brown (Wilson HS)

• 2018: Diamond Hunter (Wilson HS)

• 2017: Deranique Graydon (Ballou HS)

• 2017: Andre Jones (Maya Angelou PCHS)

• 2017: Zoe Michele Roberts (Wilson HS)

• 2016: D'andre Jones (Ballou HS)

• 2016: Natalie Webb (CHEC)

• 2016: Solijala Jones Morris (Wilson HS)

• 2015: Tyrell Keys (Hospitality HS)

AEF Alumni Scholarship Winners

• 2025: Belinda Alcoser Gonzalez (Montgomery College; Jackson-Reed HS) 

• 2025: Mattison McDonald (Washington & Jefferson College; Coolidge HS)  

• 2024: Jean-Pierre Roberts (Eastern Connecticut State University; Jackson-Reed HS)

• 2024: Mattison McDonald (Washington & Jefferson College; Coolidge HS)

• 2023: Cenaria Fells-Watson (Towson University; CHEC)

• 2022: Cenaria Fells-Watson (Towson University; CHEC)

• 2022: Britney Rivera-Martinez (Cornell University; Wilson HS)

• 2021: Pepetua Nkem (Morgan State University; CHEC)

• 2021: Britney Rivera-Martinez (Cornell University; Wilson HS)

• 2020: Deranique Graydon (University of the District of Columbia; Ballou HS)

• 2019: Deranique Graydon (University of the District of Columbia; Ballou HS)

• 2019: Diamond Hunter (Temple University; Wilson HS)

• 2018: Deranique Graydon (University of the District of Columbia; Ballou HS)

AEF Honorariums

• 2025: Adorre Fells-Watson  (CHEC)   

• 2025: Aaron Perkins* (CHEC)  

• 2025: Alana Hill (Ballou HS)  

• 2025: Angeline Cherif (CHEC)  

• 2025: Arrington Ward Jr. (Jackson-Reed HS)  

• 2025: Azul Tiburcio (CHEC)  

• 2025: Briseyda Siguenza Romero (CHEC) 

• 2025: Brooklyn Trice Jr. (River Terrace EC) 

• 2025: Bryan Montiel (CHEC)  

• 2025: Cenaria Fells-Watson  (CHEC) 

• 2025: Christian Osborne (Ballou HS)  

• 2025: Edina Young (Jackson-Reed HS)  

• 2025: Haryiah Hunt (Ballou HS)  

• 2025: Hasaan Coles (Ballou HS)  

• 2025: Jade Stanback (Coolidge HS)  

• 2025: Leslie Perez-Chavez (CHEC)  

• 2025: Makayla Boller (River Terrace EC) 

• 2025: Makayla Cruz  (CHEC)  

• 2025: Malijah Jackson (Ballou HS)  

• 2025: Maricela Gutierrez (CHEC)  

• 2025: Michael Johnson (Coolidge HS)  

• 2025: Miriam Bezabih Tebebe (River Terrace EC)  

• 2025: Mista Barnes (Coolidge HS)  

• 2025: Rafael Ventura Juarez (CHEC)  

• 2025: Shanda Eley (River Terrace EC)  

• 2025: Wayne Jones Jr. (River Terrace EC)  

• 2025: Zachary Songu-Mbriwa (Ballou HS) 

• 2024: Akilah Hunter (CHEC)

• 2024: Antwon Gibson (River Terrace)

• 2024: Anya Blakney (Coolidge HS)

• 2024: Cailin Santos (River Terrace)

• 2024: Carmen Brito (Jackson-Reed HS)

• 2024: Cenaria Fells-Watson (CHEC)

• 2024: Charity Jones (Jackson-Reed)

• 2024: Darren Heard (Ballou HS)

• 2024: Hassan Purnell (Ballou HS)

• 2024: Jocelyn Salazar (CHEC)

• 2024: JohnTay Taylor (River Terrace)

• 2024: Kaden Johnson (Coolidge HS)

• 2024: K'nasia McKenzie (CHEC)

• 2024: Malcom Straker (River Terrace)

• 2024: Miram Bezabih (River Terrace)

• 2024: Nalisa Jacobs (Ballou HS)

• 2024: Saniya Lewis (Jackson-Reed HS)

• 2024: Saniyah Heyward (IDEA PCS)

• 2024: Tenielle Parker (CHEC)

• 2024: Treasure Brooks (Ballou HS)

• 2024: Zachary Songu-Mbriwa (Ballou HS)

• 2024: Aaron Perkins (CHEC)

• 2023: Abide Kao (CHEC)

• 2023: Milan Beverly (Coolidge HS)

• 2023: Orion Williams (Coolidge HS)

• 2021: Cenaria Fells-Watson (CHEC)

• 2021: Yeshetuwef Mulugeta (Wilson HS)

• 2020: Lauren Brown (Howard University; Wilson HS)

• 2020: Jose Martinez (Marymount University; CHEC)

• 2020: Amya McKoy (Bowie State; Ballou HS)

• 2020: Zoe Roberts (George Mason University; Wilson HS)

• 2019: Jose Martinez (CHEC) 

*** Note: In 2021, Wilson High School changed its name to Jackson-Reed High School.