Ortho Dermatologics
Scholarships
Helping patients treated
for dermatologic conditions
achieve their dreams!
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2021 Scholarship Recipients
Undergraduate
Sonia Goyal
Clarksville, Maryland
The George Washington University
“I am so excited to have been awarded the ASPIRE HIGHER scholarship, which will help me achieve my academic goals in college. Battling a skin condition has played a major role in my life and has inspired me to become a doctor. Therefore, the support of Ortho Dermatologics in helping me pursue my educational journey is incredibly meaningful for me.”
Anhthy Nguyen
Hayward, California
University of California, Los Angeles
“I am beyond grateful to be one of the ASPIRE HIGHER Scholarship recipients. This scholarship will help me achieve my dream of becoming an educator in the future.”
Olivia Kenyon
West Chester, Pennsylvania
University of Florida
“With the ambition of attending medical school and becoming the first doctor in my family, I couldn’t be more grateful for the Ortho Dermatologics ASPIRE HIGHER Scholarship. Thanks to this generous financial support, I can comfortably complete my undergraduate education and feel confident that I am one step closer to accomplishing my dream.”
Graduate
McKenzie White
Bakersfield, California
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
“The ASPIRE HIGHER Scholarship gave me confidence that I can make a difference and I am where I am supposed to be. I am grateful for the ASPIRE HIGHER Scholarship, which is helping me get closer to my goal of giving back to a medical community that gave so much to me.”
Maria Rose Belding
Washington, D.C.
Georgetown University School of Medicine
“I come from an academic and professional background of working with vulnerable populations; as I earn an MD, my goal is to work at hospitals that take mostly Medicaid and/or uninsured patients. These institutions usually have the least money to spend, so doctors who want to be working in a socioeconomically distressed community sometimes cannot, because they won't make enough money to repay their student loans. The fewer loans I have to take out, the faster I can get back to my roots in food insecurity, public health, and medicine. The ASPIRE HIGHER scholarship has gotten me $10,000 closer to that return, and I am so grateful.”
Brooke Abzug
Delray Beach, Florida
University of Florida: Department of Occupational Therapy
“It is a great honor and privilege to be recognized for my academic achievements and community involvement as an individual with dermatological conditions. Thank you, Ortho Dermatologics, for recognizing my past and present, while supporting my future through the ASPIRE HIGHER Scholarship Program. I am extremely grateful for the support of Ortho Dermatologics as I continue to pursue a doctoral degree in occupational therapy.”
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Megan Gambino
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Delaware Valley University
“This ASPIRE HIGHER Scholarship is truly empowering me to pursue a degree that will help me achieve my professional goals. I have always had the examples of hard work and looking to the community for resources, but as a first generation college student, I had no idea how to fund a graduate degree that didn't offer tuition assistance. When a staff member in the bursar's office told me to look for any and every scholarship, I remembered seeing one about dermatology. I would have never thought my diagnosis could be a part of helping me dream bigger!”
Hillary Hardin
North Bergen, New Jersey
Felician University
“This has meant the world to me, to see a prayer answered in continuing my education with this wonderful scholarship from Ortho Dermatologics. The scholarship not only took sorrow away but presented the blessing of eliminating loan debt.”
Sarah Ramirez
Humble, Texas
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), Bradenton Campus
“As a wife and mother of 3 kids it's hard to take time to do things for myself, let alone find the funds to do something major like go back to school and pursue my dreams. I am grateful to have received this scholarship to help finance part of my graduate education while relieving a lot of the financial burden.”