As Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) continues to celebrate the opportunity to serve more Denver students on their journeys to and through college graduation, alongside many other local nonprofit organizations through the success of the passage of November 2018’s Prosperity Denver ballot initiative, the preparation for next steps is underway. Denver College Success Corporation (DCSC) is the nonprofit organization that resulted … Read More
Students build brighter futures in the DSF Future Center at Bruce Randolph School
For three students at Bruce Randolph School, the future has never looked brighter thanks to support they have found in the DSF Future Center. Erica, Yulissa, and Roger will graduate this spring, and college is the next stop on their roadmaps. Erica plans to attend Arapahoe Community College, eventually transferring to the University of Colorado Boulder, and will study architecture. … Read More
From Future Center to future doctor: Navigating the path to college
“It is an amazing feeling to advocate for people my age, especially in women’s health issues." Maryanuth (Mary) Keang, a senior at South High School, spends hours every week in school clinics across Denver Public Schools. As a youth advisor with Denver Public Health, Mary is helping to launch and evaluate its school-based clinic program, which operates 17 clinics in ... Read More
DSF Scholar steps up as a leader on campus and beyond
DSF Scholar Hassan Mustefa says his family holds one word at the core of their beliefs: tesfa, which means “hope” in the Ethiopian Tigrinya language. Working as agriculturalists in war-torn Ethiopia, Hassan’s parents abandoned their livelihood in the ’80s to forge a better life in the United States, where Hassan was later born. As a teenager, Hassan had the opportunity … Read More
Career Exposure Event Gives Students the Opportunity to Try on Broadcast Media and Journalism Careers
Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) and Denver7 partnered together for an exciting opportunity that brought students from Abraham Lincoln High School (ALHS) out to the studios at Denver7 for Media Day. This career exposure event allowed DSF College Advisors, Luis, and Emma an opportunity to educate students about the career opportunities that are available in broadcast media and journalism. The aim … Read More
Student Follows her Heart into Career as Cardiothoracic Surgeon
In seventh grade, Jamaika Elliot did a science project on the human heart. As a natural science whiz, her work caught the attention of her teacher. He suggested that Jamaika look into a career in the medical field, but she was not yet sure where her passion for science would take her. Inspired by family With a history of heart … Read More