STUDENT SCHOLARS
““..My goals: finding a stable engineering job, providing for a family, being well educated, and being healthy.”
Storm Hense
School: University of Central Florida
Major: Engineering
Scholarship Year: 2026
“My ultimate goal is to use my education, my voice, and my platform to make a positive impact in
the lives of others. Whether through my future career or my everyday actions, I want to spread
kindness, compassion, and encouragement in a way that creates a lasting ripple effect.”
Desiree Aitken
School: Florida Southern College
Major: Business Marketing
Scholarship Year: 2025, 2026
“No shortcuts. No excuses. Just work.”
Charles Singletary
School: Wallace State Community College
Major: General Studies
Scholarship Year: 2026
“I am deeply grateful to The Wilson Educational Foundation for supporting me on this journey and giving me the opportunity to continue pursuing my degree in psychology.”
Annalise Peña
School: Lee University
Major: Psychology
Scholarship year: 2026, 2027
GRADUATES, FELLOWS AND
GRANT RECIPIENTS
“I am excited to advance overall as a nurse, and in
Urology, and it would be my pleasure to mentor other students who are
interested in Urology.”
VALERIA BERMUDEZ
School: Chamberlain University
Major: Nursing
Scholarship year: 2023
“Thanks to this award I will be able to fulfill my goals in receiving a masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and with that help our community.”
Leticia Hernandez
School: Loma Linda University
Major: Marital and Family Therapy
Scholarship years: 2022, 2023, 2024
“I have gone through so much personal turmoil over the last five years but I persevered and succeeded. I owe that largely to you and the foundation for helping me take a huge weight off my shoulders.”
SERGIO SANCHEZ
School: California State University San Bernardino
Major: Mathematics
Scholarship years: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
2020 Graduate with Honors, Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics
2024 Masters in Mathematics
paige CASTANEDA
School: Grand Canyon University
Major: Nursing
Scholarship year: 2021, 2019
GABRIELA NAVARRO
School: Texaas State University
Major: Finance
Scholarship years: 2021, 2020
2021 Graduate, Bachelor of Business Administration,
McCoy College of Business Administration
Nicolaus Smith
School: Pratt Institute
Major: Industrial Design
Scholarship years: 2019, 2018, 2017
2019 Graduate with Honors, Bachelor of Industrial Design
stella rue
School: University of California, Berkeley
Major: Psychology
Scholarship years: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
2022 Graduate, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology,
Disability Studies minor
layla valle
School: University of California, Berkeley
Major: Sociology and Chicano Studies
Scholarship year: 2021, 2020
2022 Graduate, Bachelor of Sociology and Chicanx/Latinx Studies,
College of Letters and Science
“Patients often present with complex issues as a result of injury, prior surgeries, or even as a result of cancer treatments. These issues cause both physical and psychological detriment to not only the patients, but also to their loved ones. As a reconstructive/prosthetic urologist, I will be able to offer these patients the chance to regain functionality as well as improve quality of life and overall well-being. ”
Brian langford. M.D.
Fellowship Host: University of Texas Southwestern
Scholarship year: 2022
Specialty, Scope and Purpose: Urologic Trauma, Reconstruction, and Prosthetics.
Clinical training encompassing all aspects of male genitourinary reconstruction, including urethral reconstruction, Peyronie’s disease, male incontinence and erectile dysfunction, ureteral reconstruction, robotics, urinary diversion, and repair of complex genital deformities, including buried penis.
“Rio was excellent and a very rewarding experience. Thank you again for the very generous travel grant! ”
Britney Atwater, M.D.
Educational Grant Recipient - World Meeting on Sexual Medicine 2024
Uroogy Resident
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Specialty Interest: Scrotology/BPH/Sex Med
