We are very proud of our more than One Hundred Foundation Scholars, the Harvard College students from the five boroughs whom the Foundation has supported since 1954. Below we highlight some of these impressive students from recent years.
Class of 2026
Maya Madar
Year of Graduation: 2026
NYC High School: James Madison High School, Brooklyn, NY
Maxwell Zen
Year of Graduation: 2026
NYC High School: Stuyvesant High School
Anita Dugbartey
Year of Graduation: 2026
NYC High School: Central Park East High School
Nika Imamberdieva '26
Year of Graduation: 2026
NYC High School: Staten Island Technical High School
Namat Noori '26
Year of Graduation: 2026
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Class of 2025
Umutcan Vargelci '25
Year of Graduation: 2025
NYC High School: Brooklyn Technical High School
Kanny Ho Fong '25
Year of Graduation: 2025
NYC High School: Townsend Harris High School
Raymond Wu '25
Year of Graduation: 2025
NYC High School: Stuyvesant High School
Nichole Gutierrez '25
Year of Graduation: 2025
NYC High School: Midwood High School
Laiba Khan
Year of Graduation: 2025
NYC High School: Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment
Class of 2024
Derrick Ochiagha '24
Year of Graduation: 2024
House Affiliation: Mather House
Concentration: Government (Secondary in Economics)
NYC High School: Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
Hana Kim '24
Year of graduation: 2024
House Affiliation: Mather House
Concentration: Undecided
NYC High School: Stuyvesant High School
Maria De Los Santos '24
Year of Graduation: 2024
House Affiliation: Cabot House
Concentration: Neuroscience & Economics
NYC High School: Comprehensive Model School Project 327 (CMSP 327)
Bella Tarantino '24
Year of Graduation: 2024
House Affiliation: Mather House
Concentration: Physics
NYC High School: The Nightingale-Bamford School
Class of 2023
Bryan Seepaul '23
Year of Graduation: 2023
House Affiliation: Pforzheimer House
Concentration: Physics and Astrophysics
NYC High School: Benjamin N. Cardozo High School
Grace Cen '23
Year of Graduation: 2023
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Harvard College Class of 2023
Caroline Alvarado
Grace Cen
Kevin Liu
Bryan Seepaul
Mazal Zebak
Harvard College Class of 2022
Tahmid Ahmed
Esther Fadumiye
Diana Khimey
Derrick Ochiagha
Barron Wei
Xaviera Zime
Harvard College Class of 2021
Ahmad Alnasser, Stuyvesant High School
Marina Andrawis, Staten Island Technical High School
Edward Carr, Saint Edmund Preparatory High School
Jalen Daniels, Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
Mirielle Wright, Brooklyn Latin School
Harvard College Class of 2019
Phoebe Costello, LaGuardia High School of the Arts
Boris Davidov, Forest Hills High School
Ifedayo Famojuro, Scholars Academy
Margarita Gayla, Marymount
Milal Nadeem, Brooklyn Technical High School
Harvard College Class of 2018
Shanelle Davis, B.N. Cardozo High School, Jamaica, Queens
Vivian Fernandez, Chapin School, Long Island City
Kylie Hung, Brooklyn Tech, Brooklyn
Porphyrus Santos, Bronx High School of Science, Fresh Meadows
Mirza Uddin, Brooklyn Tech, Brooklyn
Harvard College Class of 2017
Tasnim Ahmed, of Fresh Meadows and Stuyvesant High School
Tafari John-King, of Brooklyn and Medger Evers College Preparatory School
Ina Kodra, of Astoria and St. John’s Preparatory School
Sama Mammadova, of Brooklyn and Brooklyn College Academy
Kamara Swaby, of Brooklyn and Brooklyn Technical High School
Harvard College Class of 2016
Fatma Akcay of Staten Island and Curtis High School
Neil Alacha of Rockaway Park, Queens and Brooklyn Technical High School
Adela Kim of New York City and the Horace Mann School
Margarita Kostova of Brooklyn and Stuyvesant High School
Jazly Liriano of Manhattan and Frederick Douglass Academy
Harvard College Class of 2015
Rosa Huang of Queens and Stuyvesant High School
Theo McKenzie of Manhattan and the Saint Ann’s School
Stella Fiorenzoli of Manhattan and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art
Wahaj Chaudhry of Brooklyn and Brooklyn Technical High School
Marina Molarsky-Beck of Manhattan and Bard High School Early College
Harvard College Class of 2014
Jonathan Alvarez-Gutierrz of New York, NY and Collegiate High School
Paul Handorff of Brooklyn, NY and Hunter College High School
Elizabeth Matamooros of Bellerose, NY and St. Francis Preparatory
Asmaa Rimawi of Brooklyn, NY and Al Noor School
June Shepard of New York, NY and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts
Harvard College Class of 2013
Michael Ardeljan, Howard Beach, NY and Stuyvesant High School
Gillian Farrell, Port Washington, NY and Marymount School
Keir GoGwilt, New York, NY and Stuyvesant High School
Thomas Hwang, Bronx, NY and Horace Mann School
Katherine Olaskiewicz, Staten Island and St. Joseph Academy