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Brown Foundation Scholarship Program
for Educational Equality and Excellence

Lucinda Todd Book Awards

These scholarships are one-time, non-renewable book grants of $300 for the freshman year.

Learn how to apply.

2004 Recipients

Photograph: Mark Valencia.Mark Valencia recently graduated from Walter Payton College Prep High School in Chicago Illinois. He plans to become a biology professor.
Photograph not available.Lyeela Mason graduated in May from Denver North High School in Denver, Colorado. She plans to be an elementary school teacher and has been accepted to Grand Valley State University in Michigan.
Photograph: Vanessa Vicera.Vanessa Vicera graduated from Saint Brendan High School in Miami, Florida. She has been accepted to both Penn State University in Pennsylvania and Brown University in Rhode Island and plans to major in elementary education.
Photograph: Mikhael VafeadesMikhail Vafeades graduated in May from East High School in Denver, Colorado. She plans to teach elementary school.
Photograph not available.Chere Danielle Smith graduated from Montbello High School in Denver, Colorado. She plans to teach math at both the secondary and post-secondary level.
Photograph: Elizabeth Salgado.Elizabeth Salgado graduated from Cleveland High School in Cleveland, Texas. She plans to major in early childhood bilingual education at Texas A&M University.
Photograph not available.Denise Richardson graduated in May from Irwin County High School in Ocilla, Georgia. In the fall, she will be attending Valdosta State University in Georgia. She plans to teach middle school students after completing her degree.
Photograph: Carmen Ellis.Carmen Ellis recently graduated from the Sumner Academy of Arts and Science in Kansas City, Kansas. Ms. Ellis plans to attend Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana and go on to teach fifth grade.