Where Are They Now? — Past Years

We have heard from GFF Alumnus Elaina Xiao who is currently attending her first semester at UIUC.

We are proud to report that GFF Alumnus Yoonseo Jung has been selected as a 2024 Coca Cola Scholars Semi-finalist!

We have heard from GFF Alumnus Michelle Wang who is attending her first semester at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

We have received news from GFF Alumnus Lauren Fakhoury, who has returned to New York City where she is currently attending NYU.

The Garwin Family Foundation honors our alumni scholarship program recipients—Lauren Fakhoury, Jason Qin, and Elaina Xiao—who have recently graduated from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA).

As a participant in the American Protégé Piano and Strings Competition, Yoonseo Jung performed the “Un Sospiro” Etude by Franz Liszt at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Sunday, April 9, 2023.

We are excited to announce that Michelle Wang will participate in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair to be held in Dallas, Texas on May 14-19, 2023.

We are proud to announce that GFF Alumnus Yoonseo Jung was selected as concertmaster for the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) All-State Orchestra. The Illinois Music Education (All-State) Conference was held January 25-28, 2023, in Peoria, Illinois.

  GFF Alumnus Sophie White is currently working toward her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Southeast Missouri State University, and just finished her first year of college. As a 2020 GFF scholarship recipient, Sophie attended Animation and Video Projects, plus...

We are proud to announce that Shruti Kumar, GFF 2014 Alumnus, has graduated from the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, and has been accepted to complete her internship at Jefferson Abington Hospital in Pennsylvania.