Student Stories

The Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce that Victoria “Tori” Bezzole-Hershey will be joining the Foundation staff permanently as the full-time Office Administrator on November 1, 2024. Tori served as the keynote...

Survival Mode Second-year Scholarship Foundation Advocacy Fellow Tori Bezzole-Hershey knows what it’s like to have to grow up fast. As a young child, she was placed in the foster care system when...

Class of 2020 Medicine University of Missouri- Kansas City I have been a recipient of the Ava’s Grace Scholarship and the Interest-Free Loan for many years and it has greatly shouldered the...

Class of 2019 Engineering Southern Illinois University Edwardsville “I am very excited to be able to do this… I will be working with real world engineers and learning from them.” When Diego...

Class of 2017 B.S., Geology | M.S., Sustainability | PhD, Environmental Science & GIS Saint Louis University I have invested years towards educating myself and discovering which purpose I consider mighty. In...

Class of 2017 Political Science Xavier University of Louisiana “Failure is not falling down; it is refusing to get up.” Looking back over Aja’s years with The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis,...

Class of 2009 Bachelor of Arts, History / Saint Louis University Juris Doctor, Law / University of Missouri-Columbia “… it opened a door that would have otherwise been closed.” The Scholarship Foundation...

Class of 1993 Bachelor of Social Work / University of Missouri Master of Social Work / Saint Louis University Never give up when faced with obstacles and stay focused. Margaret Baskin retired...

Class of 2016 Associate of Arts, General Studies / St. Charles Community College Bachelor of Science, Nursing / University of Missouri-St. Louis “Never forget where you came from, and remember who opened...

Class of 2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts / Kansas City Art Institute Master of Fine Arts / School of the Art Institute of Chicago I am an artist, but I am also...

Class of 2013 Associate of Arts in Teaching / St. Louis Community College Bachelor of Arts, Education / University of Missouri-St. Louis Life has always thrown me curves. Struggle and strife have...

Class of 2014 Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration / University of Missouri-Kansas City Master of Arts, Communications / Lindenwood University Working as a policy intern at the Foundation has been enlightening. We...