The Rotary Club of Carmel has announced the second annual Portee Leadership Connection Scholarship winners. The scholarships, which include a laptop and $2,000 that can be used for tuition at a college, university, community college, or trade school for each recipient, will be given to five local seniors.
The first three winners are from Christel House Watanabe High School. First is Manuel Gomez. He will be studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Indianapolis. Next is Christian Gonzalez who will be studying Computer Science at IU Bloomington. Third is Maritza Hernandez. She will be studying Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management at IU Bloomington. Roshani Guragain is from Carmel High School. She will be studying Pre-Med at IU Bloomington. The final winner, Kamia Price, will graduate from Simon Youth Academy at Circle Centre Mall and will be studying Elementary Education at Purdue University.
Selection of the five scholarship recipients was made by a review committee at Professional Management Enterprises, a nationally recognized staffing company based in Indianapolis led by Danny Portee. The scholarships are awarded with equal emphasis on merit and need.
Presentation of the awards will take place June 7 at the monthly meeting of the Rotary Club of Carmel, with Danny Portee addressing the recipients. Since its inception in 2021, Leadership Connection has impacted more than 350 Carmel and Indianapolis inner-city high school juniors and seniors in tandem with 100 business, community and non-profit executives and leaders.
For more information, visit RotaryLeadershipConnection.com.