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Fairfax Library Foundation Recognizes 2023 Scholarship Winners

Updated: Aug 29, 2023

ANNANDALE, VIRGINIA — Recipients of Fairfax Library Foundation’s 2023 scholarships were recognized on Wednesday, May 10, at the Fairfax County Library Board of Trustees’ monthly meeting. This year’s awardees included 17 undergraduate recipients and 5 recipients of scholarships for staff development.


During the meeting Trustees Chair Brian Engler recognized each recipient individually and presented each with a plaque. Fairfax Library Foundation Executive Director Lisa Bryant was on hand to congratulate recipients, along with Foundation board member Jennifer Disano.

This year’s recipients are:

2023 Fairfax Library Foundation scholarship recipients at George Mason Regional Library, May 10, 2023. Pictured are undergraduate recipients Danny Tran, Calla Inman, Mia Simmons, Lor Ridgway, Sophia Brown, Lauren Tucker, Alice Cao-Dao, Katlyn Calustro, and Jocelyn Bliton, along with Trustees Chair Brian Engler, Foundation Executive Director Lisa Bryant and Foundation board member Jennifer Disano.

Undergraduate Scholarships

  • Jocelyn Bliton

  • Sophia Brown

  • Alice Cao-Dao

  • Katlyn Calustro, Pohick Friends’ Scholarship

  • Bhargav Garre Venkata

  • Calla Inman

  • Akale Kinfe, Myra “Micky” Shullman New American Initiative Scholarship

  • Zayan Meah, Christine Chambers-Chun Undergraduate Scholarship

  • Liyanna Mohammed

  • Charan Narra, Pohick Friends’ Joan and Richard Vaaler Scholarship

  • Susan Pirnat, Burke Centre Friends’ Scholarship

  • Kaitlyn Purvis

  • Lor Ridgway, Pohick Friends’ Scholarship

  • Mia Simmons

  • Niamh Sosa

  • Danny Tran

  • Lauren Tucker


2023 Fairfax Library Foundation scholarship recipients at George Mason Regional Library, May 10, 2023. Pictured are staff development recipients Carolyn Tirona and Bethany Korenic, along with Trustees Chair Brian Engler, Foundation Executive Director Lisa Bryant and Foundation board member Jennifer Disano.

Staff Development

  • Logan Counard

  • Erin Guyer

  • Shelley Levinson

  • Bethany Korenic

  • Carolyn Tirona

Annually, the Fairfax Library Foundation awards four different scholarships to current library staff and volunteers in Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax. To date, the Foundation has awarded $244,000 to 83 graduate students, $2,647 to two post-graduate students, $155,100 to 120 undergraduate students and $82,369 to 228 employees for staff development.


Further information about the FLF scholarships can be found here.


Since 1994, the Fairfax Library Foundation has existed solely with the mission to enhance the programs and services of the Fairfax County Public Library, the largest public library system in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Designated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable and educational organization, the Foundation provides supplementary support to the community by providing access to information, technology, innovations, civic engagement and entertainment, and by offering literacy and educational opportunities.

 

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