Celebrating Academic Excellence: FEEA Scholarship Finalists for 2025-2026

  • Lilli Abraham, Georgetown Univ, DHS
  • Katherine Alayon, Stony Brook Univ, Sponsor: parent, Edel Alayon, DHS
  • Ryan Alferink, Univ of Missouri Columbia, Sponsor: parent, Steven Alferink, NRC
  • Natalia Andreu, Undecided, Sponsor: parent, Alejandra Bird, Courts
  • Alana Armstrong, Indiana Univ Bloomington, Sponsor: parent, Heather Armstrong, VA
  • Anna Bain, Northern State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Patrick Bain, DOE
  • Cynthia Banks, Columbia International Univ, Army
  • Sophia Becraft, Duke Univ, Sponsor: parent, Thomas Becraft Jr, IRS
  • Sawyer Beggs, Univ of Arkansas, Sponsor: parent, Justus Beggs, USDA
  • Emma Bender, Mount Holyoke College, Sponsor: parent, Steven Bender, VA
  • Giovanni Benevides, Univ of Rhode Island, Sponsor: parent, Jeffrey Benevides, DOJ
  • Shaylise Bennett, Herzing Univ, IRS
  • Carsten Berry, Arizona State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Christopher Berry, VA
  • Kala Berry, Howard Univ, Sponsor: parent, Carlolyn Berry, DHS
  • Ibrahim Bias, Western Carolina Univ, Sponsor: parent, Alanna Mussawwir Bias, HHS
  • Alexandra Billo, Spelman College, Sponsor: parent, Nancy Lowenthal, USAID
  • Timothy Bird, Columbia Southern Univ, Army
  • Mari Bjorneberg, Univ of Washington, Sponsor: parent, David Bjorneberg, USDA
  • Deborah Blackshire, Univ of Lynchburg, VA
  • Nikki Blathras, Univ of South Carolina, Sponsor: parent, Constantine Blathras, EPA
  • Tanna Bliler, Western Michigan Univ, Sponsor: parent, Linda Wallls-Bliler, DOD
  • Cora Boblenz, Univ of Iowa, Sponsor: parent, David Boblenz, VA
  • Norah Boerner, Univ of Wisconsin Madison, Sponsor: parent, Brian Boerner, VA
  • Angela Bolon, Univ of Michigan, Sponsor: parent, Kevin Bolon, EPA
  • Katherine Bolte, Univ of Chicago, Sponsor: parent, Amy Bolte, FDIC
  • Aniya Bonds, Univeristy of Memphis, Sponsor: parent, Shawanna Jordan, VA
  • Halle Braaflat, Arizona State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jeffrey Braaflat, VA
  • Caylie Brennan, Georgia Institute of Technology, Sponsor: parent, Carla Winston, CDC
  • Ivy Brillhart, Southwest Baptist Univ, Sponsor: parent, Teresa Brillhart, SSA
  • Fiona Bryant, Univ of Minnesota Twin Cities, Sponsor: parent, Matthew Bryant, Army
  • Kattina Bryant, Univ of Tennessee Knoxville, VA
  • Sydney Burgess, Univ of California Berkeley, Sponsor: parent, William Burgess, HHS
  • William Cade, Missouri Univ of Science and Technology, Sponsor: parent, Rebecca Cade, IRS
  • April Cain, Louisiana Christian Univ, VA
  • Abner-Obed Cardona, Mass Inst of Tech, Sponsor: parent, Samuel Cardona Martinez, DHS
  • Keilana Cargo, Univ of Kentucky, Sponsor: parent, Patricia Gayle Smallwood, USDA
  • Lino Cepeda, Universidad Ana G Mendez Gurabo, VA
  • Arlene Chan, Central Michigan Univ, Sponsor: spouse, Dane Sobol, Interior
  • Vincent Cheung, Binghamton Univ, Sponsor: parent, David Cheung, DHS
  • Kyle Cheung, Virginia Tech Univ, Sponsor: parent, Robert Cheung, USAGM
  • Maya Cohen, Tufts Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jason Cohen, DOJ
  • Jalen Cole, Univ of Maryland Baltimore, Sponsor: parent, Eudora Johnson, DOC
  • Jessica Collins, Missouri State Univ, Sponsor: spouse, Jamie Collins, IRS
  • Margaret Corder, East Carolina Univ, Sponsor: grandparent, Paul Scheele, NARFE
  • Olivia Cordes, Michigan State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Paul Cordes, IRS
  • Aiden Costanti, Univ of Washington, Sponsor: grandparent, Michael Costanti, DOD-NARFE
  • Mia Covarrubio, Texas Tech Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jessie Covarrubio, Army
  • Clayton Creasey, Univ of Central Oklahoma, Sponsor: parent, Marjorie Creasey, DOJ
  • Evangeline Cregler, Univ of Michigan, Sponsor: grandparent, Robert Pierce, Education-NARFE
  • Isaiah Cylar, Univ of Alabama, Sponsor: parent, Rosalind Cylar, NASA
  • Siniti Dagrin, Liberty Univ, VA
  • Lukasz Dalecki, Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor, Sponsor: parent, Maria Rivera, IRS
  • Anita Dam, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School, USAID
  • Jaiden Davis, Cornell Univ, Sponsor: parent, Blanca Quintero, DOJ
  • Emily Davis, Wayne State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Michelle Davis, Army
  • Natalie DeCuir, Inver Hills Community College, IRS
  • Avianna DeGuzman, Farleigh Dickinson Univ, Sponsor: parent, Alixandra DeGuzman, NIH
  • Gillian Del Monte, Cochise College, Sponsor: parent, Kenneth Del Monte, CPB
  • Kayla DeLuca, Univ of Connecticut, Sponsor: parent, Rosalen DeLuca, VA
  • Zahra Dinkins, Spelman College, Sponsor: parent, Asilia Dinkins, Treasury
  • Michael Ditchkus, College of Charleston, Sponsor: parent, Anthony Ditchkus, DHS-NARFE
  • Julie Diveney, Northern Arizona Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jerry Diveney, Air Force
  • Sophia Donnelly, Bowdoin College, Sponsor: parent, Jeanne Donnelly, Courts
  • Joseph Dorsey, Univ of Maryland College Park, Sponsor: parent, Melissa Dorsey, HHS
  • Mushtaq Dualeh, Johns Hopkins Univ, HHS
  • Mukai Dube, Nova Southeastern Univ, Sponsor: parent, Mufaro Dube, HHS
  • Kristen Duron, Florida State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Freddy Duron, DHS
  • Brooke Dyer, Dartmouth College, Sponsor: parent, Robin Dyer, USDA
  • Melinda Eason, Villanova Univ, Army
  • Devereaux Edler, Univ of Maryland College Park, Sponsor: parent, Barbara Brown Edler, DOC
  • Akil Edwards, North Carolina A&T State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Anika Odukale, State
  • Adejoke Ejiofor, Columbia Southern Univ, IRS
  • Sydney Endo, Seattle Univ, Sponsor: parent, Stuart Endo, Navy
  • Ella Engle, Undecided, Sponsor: parent, Rodney Engle, FWS
  • Mariah Erby, North Carolina A&T State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Tennille Erby, HHS
  • Lydia Falati, Louisiana State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jeffrey Falati, Army
  • Jude Farley, Brown Univ, Sponsor: parent, John Farley, DOJ
  • Sarah Faulk, Idaho State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Tracie Faulk, Air Force
  • Amber Fernandez, Regent Univ, Sponsor: parent, Paul Fernandez, DOD
  • Allison Filby, Univ of Oklahoma, Sponsor: parent, Erica Filby, VA
  • Caden Finnern, Missouri Univ of Science and Tech, Sponsor: parent, Michael Finnern, USPS
  • Annabella Floyd, College of William & Mary, Sponsor: parent, Matthew Floyd, FBI
  • Tessa Freeman, Univ of Central Arkansas, Sponsor: parent, Timothy Freeman, VA
  • Christopher Garrabrant, Harvard Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jessica Weisman, DOJ
  • Wyatt Gibler, Southern New Hampshire Univ, VA
  • Manuel Giron, Colorado State Univ, DHS
  • Sofia Gonzalez, Brown Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jose Gonzalez, Coast Guard
  • Denisse Gonzalez-Marquez, Dartmouth College, Sponsor: parent, Jessica Marquez Borjas, IRS
  • Trevor Greer, Grand Canyon Univ, Sponsor: grandparent, Robin Grumbles, USDA-NARFE
  • Alessandro Gregori, Stanford Univ, Sponsor: parent, Ninel Gregori, VA
  • Madilynn Grenier, Immaculata Univ, Sponsor: parent, Leo Grenier, DHS
  • Amaya Griffin, Univ of Alabama Birmingham, Sponsor: parent, Adria Neely, VA
  • Sharon Hartzell, Undecided, EPA
  • Kennan Herod-Vidal, Univ of Texas Dallas, Sponsor: parent, Monica Herod, IRS
  • Reagan Higgins, Univ of Notre Dame, Sponsor: grandparent, Christopher Brennan, DOJ-NARFE
  • Alston Ho, Univ of Southern California, Sponsor: parent, Monlock Ho, USPS
  • Jesse Hong, Univ of Hawaii at Manoa, State
  • Estella Hughes, Brown Univ, Sponsor: parent, Erika Finkler, HUD
  • Sofia Indelicato, Carleton College, Sponsor: parent, Karyn Lim, SEC
  • Andrew Jordan, CBS International Business School, Sponsor: parent, Angelica Jordan, DOD
  • Ruth Kallay, Florida International Univ, CDC
  • Anna Kammer, Univ of Alabama, Sponsor: parent, Gaven Kammer, DOJ
  • Lila Keller, College of the Holy Cross, Sponsor: parent, Anne Keller, DHS
  • Jenna Kiraly, Univ of Michigan Medical School, Sponsor: parent, Richard Kiraly, VA
  • Larae Kiser, Drexel Univ, DOD
  • Emily Kronberg, Univ of Arizona, Sponsor: parent, Scott Kronberg, USDA
  • Michelle LaCour, Univ of Texas Health Science, DOD
  • Kavya Lamichhane, North Carolina State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Archana Lamichhane, EPA
  • Gerald Lark, Univ of South Carolina, Sponsor: parent, Tara Lark, VA
  • Gabrielle Leacock, Clemson Univ, Sponsor: parent, Valerie Hicks-Leacock, VA
  • Leone Ledikwe, Liberty Univ, Sponsor: parent, Mary Ledikwe, HHS
  • Rachel Ledoux, Simmons Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jane Ledoux, USCIS
  • Samantha Lee, Saint Louis Univ, Sponsor: parent, Andrew Lee, DHS
  • Luke LeKites, Univ of Delaware, Sponsor: parent, Jennifer LeKites, VA
  • Trevor Lesch, Univ of Minnesota Duluth, Sponsor: parent, Christopher Lesch, USDA
  • Sophia Lin, Harvard Univ, Sponsor: parent, Fei Zhang, CFTC
  • Felipe Lopez, Cornell Law School, Sponsor: parent, Ricardo Lopez Rago, SEC
  • Gabriela Lukasiak, Boston College, Sponsor: parent, Robert Lukasiak, USPS
  • Victoria Luzod, Westmont College, Sponsor: parent, Louie Luzod, NASA
  • Addison Macdonald, Univ of Connecticut, Sponsor: parent, Kurt Macdonald, Navy
  • Olivia Manos, Univ of Tampa, Sponsor: parent, Jordan Manos, GSA
  • Aliza Margolis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Sponsor: parent, David Margolis, Army
  • Olivia Markowitz, Purdue Univ, Sponsor: parent, David Paul Turley, BOP
  • Ashwin Marwaha, Univ of North Carolina Charlotte, Sponsor: parent, Anil Marwaha, USPS
  • Sydney Maule, George Mason Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jeremy Maule, IRS
  • Ariel Mazor, Duke Univ, Sponsor: parent, Ronit Mazor, FDA
  • Liam McAdams, Whitworth Univ, Sponsor: parent, Louis T McAdams, EPA
  • Zayan Meah, Univ of Virginia, Sponsor: parent, Ayoob Meah, Army
  • Manit Mehta, Univ of Virginia, Sponsor: parent, Jigna Mehta, DOC
  • Aditi Mehta, Univ of Pittsburgh, Sponsor: parent, Sanjay Mehta, Navy
  • Carter Meints, Nebraska Wesleyan Univ, Sponsor: parent, Michelle Reinmiller, VA
  • Katelynn Miller, Montana Technological Univ, Sponsor: parent, Julie Miller, DOE
  • Eleanor Miller, Macalester College, Sponsor: parent, Rebecca Miller, HHS
  • Royse Miller, Univ of Central Missouri, Sponsor: grandparent, John Misiewicz, FDIC-NARFE
  • June Miller, Univ of Michigan, Sponsor: parent, Joshua Miller, Interior
  • Neva Mitchell, Lawson State Community College, VA
  • Zoe Mitchell, Lock Haven Univ, Sponsor: parent, Sean Mitchell, Navy
  • Samina Mondal, Univ of Virginia Darden School of Business, DOE
  • Tasha Morin, Turtle Mountain College, DHS
  • Gabrielle Morris, Grambling State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Victoria Morris, VA
  • Shemarlo Moses-Stanton, Trevecca Nazarene Univ, VA
  • Caroline Mullin, College of the Holy Cross, Sponsor: parent, Gregory Mullin, Interior
  • Ian Mulloy, Oklahoma State Univ, Sponsor: parent, James Mulloy, IRS
  • Reese Murphree, Univ of Oklahoma, Sponsor: parent, Terry Murphree, Army
  • Sumiya Naksi, Univ of Southern California, Sponsor: parent, Durul Hoda, USPS
  • Katherine Nordyke, Purdue Univ, Sponsor: parent, Gregory Nordyke, Army
  • Reuben Obel, Univ of Michigan, Sponsor: parent, Deirdre Deignan, VA-NARFE
  • Katherine Olson, Univ of Cincinnati, Sponsor: parent, LaVern Olson, IRS
  • Bermang Ortiz, Johns Hopkins Univ, HHS
  • Elisabeth Ortiz, Rogers State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Stephen Ortiz, VA
  • Emmanuella Osifoh, Augusta Univ, Sponsor: parent, Iyabode Osifoh, VA
  • Emily Pak, Univ of Pittsburgh, Sponsor: parent, Seong Lee, IRS
  • Iris Palomeque, Kent State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Adrian Palomeque, EPA
  • Barbara Panko, Georgetown Univ, Sponsor: parent, Piotr Panko, FDIC
  • Kelly Patterson, Univ of Georgia, Sponsor: parent, Kekico Cook, IRS
  • Eden Philippe, Brown Univ, Sponsor: parent, Pierre Philippe, IRS
  • Megan Popp, Towson Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jared Popp, Army
  • Vivaan Poudyal, Purdue Univ, Sponsor: parent, Sanjay Poudyal, MCC
  • Daniel Purvis, Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Sponsor: parent, Eugene Purvis, DHS
  • Toby Pytlik, Univ of Vermont, Sponsor: parent, Steven Pytlik, USDA
  • Jaysen Quan, Dartmouth College, Sponsor: parent, Meikuen Cheng, IRS
  • Denise Randall, Washington State Univ, VA
  • Clara Reive, Cornell Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jennifer Hanna, NPS
  • Lucia Reyes, College of William & Mary, Sponsor: parent, Alejandro Reyes, Courts
  • Maxwell Richardson, Montana State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Diann Richardson, Air Force
  • Emory Rogers, Univ of Kentucky, Sponsor: parent, Melinda Rogers, VA
  • Christian Rogers, Univ of Utah, Sponsor: parent, Rebekkah Rogers, IRS
  • Alyssa Rollings, Univ of Southern California, Sponsor: parent, William Rollings, GSA
  • Skylar Rollins, Western New England Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jennifer Rollins, VA
  • Farah ROMAIN, Stony Brook Univ, Sponsor: parent, Farah ROMAIN, VA
  • Kirkland Ross, Georgia Southern Univ, Sponsor: parent, Teresa Ross, USDA
  • Shalini Sack, Univ of Maryland College Park, Sponsor: parent, Vaishali Sack, Fed Reserve System
  • Brice Schilling, Univ of California Berkeley, Sponsor: parent, Milissia Morris, Treasury
  • Kia Scott-Sellers, Univ of Nebraska Medical Center, VA
  • Marianna Shakhnazaryan, Undecided, NGA
  • Kailey Shapiro, Tulane Univ, Sponsor: parent, Alan Shapiro, VA
  • Akhil Shastry, Univ of Maryland College Park, Sponsor: parent, Alok Shastry, DOD
  • Ryder Simpson, Univ of Utah, Sponsor: parent, Amy Simpson, DOJ
  • Etienne Sirois, Univ of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Sponsor: parent, Lisa Fielding, EEOC
  • Naja Skrine, City College of New York, Sponsor: parent, Earl Skrine, Education
  • Garth Smelser, Naropa Univ, OPM
  • Alan Snarr, Western Governors Univ, VA
  • Austin Song, Georgia Inst of Technology, Sponsor: parent, Daniel Song, DOC
  • Nour Soulane, Univ of Notre Dame, Sponsor: parent, Nabil Soulane, DOT
  • Alexis Staklinski, Univ of Central Florida, Sponsor: parent, Stephen Staklinski, DHS
  • Charles Stemple-Gutierrez, Univ of Arizona, Sponsor: parent, Nury Stemple, State
  • Fuller Stevens, Oxford College at Emory Univ, Sponsor: parent, Alan Stevens, DOJ
  • Athena Swiader, Illinois Institute of Technology, Sponsor: parent, Zoe Leoudaki, USAGM
  • Bella Takakjy, Drexel Univ, Sponsor: parent, Ronald Takakjy Jr, IRS
  • Liam Tamang, Univ of Texas at Austin, Sponsor: parent, Pamela Tamang, VA
  • Vedant Tapiavala, Dartmouth College, Sponsor: parent, Mira Tapiavala, SSA
  • Natasha Taylor, Yale College, Sponsor: parent, Rachel Taylor, VA
  • Keira Thomas, McGill Univ, Sponsor: parent, Jonathon Thomas, VA
  • Nytalya Thomas, Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Sponsor: parent, Brian Thomas, Navy
  • Nailah Thompson, Univ of Kansas, Sponsor: parent, Nanaama Smith, HUD
  • Hayden Toon, Kent State Univ, Sponsor: grandparent, Linda Semi, SSA-NARFE
  • Jordan Tran, Massachusetts Inst of Technology, Sponsor: parent, Tuan Tran, USPS
  • Lucy Travis, Colorado School of Mines, Sponsor: parent, Jennifer Travis, USDA
  • Hannah VanderLugt, Univ of Michigan, Sponsor: parent, Amy VanderLugt, VA
  • Caitlin Vengazo, Univ of Notre Dame, Sponsor: grandparent, Kathryn Vengazo, FDA-NARFE
  • Katherine Verrando, Univ of Pennsylvania, Sponsor: parent, Judy Verrando, DHS
  • Jeonghye Vogt, Purdue Univ, Army
  • Madeline Vu, Univ of Denver, Sponsor: parent, Chris Vu, FBI
  • Opal Walden, Univ of Kansas, Sponsor: parent, Donald Walden, IRS
  • Amelia Wallace, Univ of Vermont, Sponsor: parent, Christopher Wallace, CBP
  • Elise Webb, Howard Univ, Sponsor: parent, Nia Mims, CDC
  • Ellie Weinstein, Univ of South Florida, Sponsor: parent, David Weinstein, NEH
  • Leilani Welsh, Univ of Maine, Sponsor: parent, Jessica Welsh, CBP
  • Marcos Whelton, Univ of Massachusetts Amherst, Sponsor: parent, David Whelton, DOL
  • Izaak Whetsell, West Virginia Univ, Sponsor: parent, Carol Whetsell, USDA
  • Eva Wright, Ohio State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Nai Wei, Air Force
  • Avery Wuebbels, McKendree Univ, Sponsor: parent, Melissa Wuebbels, IRS
  • Angelina Xu, Univ of Virginia, Sponsor: parent, Jianhang Xu, VA
  • Sarah Yang, Vanderbilt Univ, Sponsor: parent, Zhiqiang Yang, USDA
  • Yun Yeung, Vanderbilt Univ, Sponsor: parent, Ho Yeung, NIST
  • Franchesca Yonan, Pepperdine – Rick J. Caruso School of Law, Sponsor: parent, Sharil Yonan, IRS
  • Tanner Zepeda, Univ of Central Oklahoma, Sponsor: parent, Brian Zepeda, DOJ
  • Jonathan Zheng, High Point Univ, Sponsor: parent, Megan Chang, VA
  • Ainzley Zulueta, Ferris State Univ, Sponsor: parent, Vernon Zulueta, USPS
FEEA Awards 237 Merit-Based Scholarships for 2022-23 School Year
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