Student Stories

Throughout a student’s college career, the cost of education rises an average of 3.5% annually, and it is rare that a student’s financial aid from state, federal, or school sources will keep...

In the Summer of 2025, a new opportunity for Foundation students and recent alums, the Edward Jones Financial Futures Internship Program, was launched in St. Louis. Overseen by Foundation Lead Student Advisor...

The pursuit of a college degree is filled with challenges and unexpected events that require perseverance and courage from scholars and, in some cases, their parents as well. Foundation scholar D’Marco Gibbs...

One of the things that has surprised University of Louisville freshman Noah Adou Gbougbo most about college is how unstructured his time is now. With the rigorous daily schedule of high school...

Growing up the middle child in an immigrant family, Alanna Lam had a lot more on her plate than most of her peers. At school, she was an ambitious, successful student. At...

Former Policy Fellow: Aja McCoy Aja McCoy has charted an impressive path since her first year as a policy fellow with The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis in 2020. Aja’s dedication to...

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...

Growing up, Dimon Phillips always knew she would go to college. She was an excellent student and, as she entered her senior year of high school at Clyde C. Miller Academy in...

Mia Foote didn’t get here by accident. The oldest of five children, she developed a habit of leveraging resources to expand her horizons at an early age. Growing up in University City,...

Editor’s Note: These are actually not my words. These are the words of a rising college sophomore delivered to an audience of soon to be first-year college students this week. They are...

As a high school student enrolled in several honors level classes, Monica Godbee excelled in all her subjects but felt most passionate about the cello. On the encouragement of her music teacher,...

Jennifer Kuykendall grew up in Affton, MO and attended kindergarten through twelfth grade in the Bayless School District where she was Valedictorian of her 2012 graduating class. She excelled at academics and...