As part of our commitment to helping young Black women achieve educational excellence, EverGreen Dreams (formerly known as The MGAM Scholarship Foundation) helps ease the financial burden for deserving high school graduates nationwide. For the 2024-2025 school year, EverGreen Dreams was pleased to award two students with a $1,750 scholarship each:

Z’haria currently resides in Oakland, California. She graduated from Encinal High School. Z’haria will be attending University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California in the Fall and is looking to major in Business Administration. This summer Z’haria will be interning full-time for Kaiser Permanente.

How does Z’haria celebrate the beauty, power, and resilience of Black women?
“I have learned to celebrate black women through action and advocacy. For example, as an avid reader, I recognized the absence of black literature in our school’s library. This prompted me to initiate a series of fundraising campaigns in hopes of using the funds to create a collection of diverse literature that empowered black female students like myself. Utilizing my previous work experience and knowledge acquired from business literature, I quickly surpassed our fundraising goal and helped organize a field trip to a black-owned bookstore in Oakland. This initiative led to the purchase of over one hundred books by African American authors that we then donated, enriching the diversity of our school library, and creating a more inclusive and positive environment for my school’s black population.”

Z’haria plans to use the scholarship award for dorm supplies.

Loren currently resides in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Yes Prep East End Secondary. Loren will be attending Smith College in the Fall in Northampton, Massachusetts and is looking to major in English with a concentration in Journalism. This summer Loren got into a Journalism program for Rice University, and will be participating in that program.

How does Loren celebrate the beauty, power, and resilience of Black women?
“One of the most important factors in celebrating the strength of black women is representation. Serving as President of the Black Student Association for my high school, it is very important to me that every voice within my community is heard. After becoming elected, I have ensured that the culture of the Black community is embraced, by creating spirit weeks and campus celebrations. Additionally, being a trans athlete who constantly faces legal hurdles while competing in sports, I embody the resilience of Black women and seek to be a vocal advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. By becoming the first openly transgender athlete on campus, I have been a trailblazer in spreading awareness regarding discrimination the Queer community faces.”

Loren plans to use the scholarship award towards the $3,000 gap she has for her tuition or for other general college expenses.

As part of our commitment to helping young Black women achieve educational excellence, EverGreen Dreams (formerly known as The MGAM Scholarship Foundation) helps ease the financial burden for deserving high school graduates nationwide. For the 2023-2024 school year, EverGreen Dreams was pleased to award two students with a $1,500 scholarship each:

Arianna currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. She graduated from Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School. Arianna will be attending Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia in the Fall and is looking to major in Film.

How does Arianna celebrate the beauty, power, and resilience of Black women?
“My primary means of celebrating Black women is filmmaking and screenwriting. My goal with these arts is to bring Black characters to the screen and canvas as people whose blackness is part of them but doesn’t define them. For example, the main character in my screenplay, Chin Up, is a Black girl who experiences social anxiety. As the writer, I know this character has experienced racism and sexism, but I choose to not make that part of her defining story. While it seems small, this is a significantly unique and important goal.”

Yoselyn currently resides in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Victory Early High School. Yoselyn will be attending Howard University in Washington, D.C. in the Fall and is looking to major in Political Science.

How does Yoselyn celebrate the beauty, power, and resilience of Black women?
“To me, the importance of dignity cultivates a prideful environment. The Feminine Self-Care Basket is a project created to empower women throughout our campus. We recognize that approximately 20% of Black women experience period poverty and oftentimes must use fabric, toilet paper, or free-bleeding to get by. We provide feminine products in the women’s restroom for students to utilize in times of need.”

As part of our commitment to helping young Black women achieve educational excellence, EverGreen Dreams (formerly known as The MGAM Scholarship Foundation) helps ease the financial burden for deserving high school graduates nationwide. For the 2022-2023 school year, EverGreen Dreams was pleased to award two students with a $1,250 scholarship each:

Meet Kawama Wilson – Kawama is from Newark, New Jersey. She graduated from North Star Academy Charter School. Kawama will be attending North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro in the Fall and majoring in Education.

How does Ayana celebrate the beauty, power, and resilience of Black women?
“I honor black women’s power, beauty, and resilience by choosing to educate myself like so many of the Black women before me. In doing so I contribute to the blueprint for which Black women are creating change, innovating, and leading.”

Meet Ayana Askew – Ayana is from Norfolk, Virginia. She graduated from Booker T. Washington High School. Ayana will be attending Spelman College in Atlanta in the Fall and majoring in English.

How does Ayana celebrate the beauty, power, and resilience of Black women?
“By taking the time to understand my heritage and embrace everything society teaches us to be ashamed of, from our hair to our skin color, to our history, and most significantly, our black voice.”

As part of our commitment to helping young Black women achieve educational excellence, EverGreen Dreams (formerly known as The MGAM Scholarship Foundation) helps ease the financial burden for deserving high school graduates across the country. For the 2021-2022 school year, EverGreen Dreams was pleased to award two students with a $1,000 scholarship each:

Laila Flores is from Burtonsville, Maryland. She graduated from the Academy of the Holy Cross. While in high school, Laila made the Principal’s List her senior year and was an events coordinator for The Onyx Club and a community engagement student ambassador for the I Support The Girls Organization. She was also a member of the Investing/Finance Club, Young Progressives Club, and the Junior Varsity Softball team.

Laila, an aspiring physician, is attending Xavier University of Louisiana this fall to major in Biology/Pre-Med.

How does Laila celebrate the beauty, power, and resilience of Black women – “By having the faith, courage, and ambition to pursue and achieve anything I desire.”