Miami Herald staff
DR. MICHAEL M. KROP SENIOR HIGH
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School students Franceska Merus, Doria Bareket, Alina Feldman, Jill Rosenhaus, Eileen Youtie, Ruth Clenton and Sunsara Lopes received scholarships from the Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship program during the program's Seventh Annual Graduation Celebration. More than $292,500 in scholarships were given to 75 at-risk high school applicants.
Herald Staff
Women of Tomorrow recently held its fifth annual gala at the Mandarin Oriental, helping push fundraising efforts this year to more than $750,000 for the organization, which provides mentoring and scholarships for at-risk young women. Among those attending were, from left, gala chairwoman Marisa Toccin, Women of Tomorrow founder Jennifer Valoppi, Scott Robins, Susan Gladstone, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Paul DiMare, Swanee DiMare, WOT Mentor of the Year Nancy Olson and WOT founder Don Browne.
Miami Herald, The (FL)
April 23, 2006
Section: Neighbors
Edition: Final
Page: 3GS
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TIME FOR A LITTLE SHOPPING
Alex Mateo De Acota/ For the Miami Herald
Sandra Momplaisir looks for a dress at the first Spring Cleaning Gown Event hosted by Mayda Cisneros Boutique and Women of Tomorrow. At the event, taking place at Mayda Cisneros Couture Collection in Coral Gables, 50 women donated their gowns to high school students looking for a prom dress. Women of Tomorrow connects young women with mentors and gives them access to scholarships.
Miami Herald, The (FL)
April 2, 2006
Section: Neighbors
Edition: Final
Page: 4WK
Memo:Ran as a cutline
MEETING A MENTOR
MARIMER CODINA/FOR THE MIAMI HERALD
Television journalist Jennifer Valoppi, who founded the Women of Tomorrow program, talks with April Oquendo, 15, during a visit to Miami Dade College. Valoppi met 135 girls and discussed their future.
Herald staff
Herald staff
The Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship program awarded $351,600 in scholarships to 75 high school seniors representing almost every high school in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The group presented the awards were during its sixth annual graduation celebration held at Parrot Jungle on May 11.
The winners included Yeni Hobart of Hialeah High School.
Founded by television journalist Jennifer Valoppi and Telemundo President/CEO Don Browne, the mentoring program is in its seventh year and is the only one of its kind in the nation.
Herald staff
Women of Tomorrow mentors Rose LaFemina and Marcy Cox stand by Felix Varela High student Arielle Desroses as she receives the HCA Nursing Scholarship. On her right is Women of Tomorrow school coordinator Bernice Bethel.
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Women of Tomorrow Southridge High School Coordinators Fidjie Durose, far left, and Alina Feldman, far right, congratulate Women of Tomorrow Southridge High School scholarship recipients, from left, Ena Garcia, Shandra Russ and Rebecca Castle.
ANDREA TORRES, atorres@herald.com
Priscilla Diaz could not believe her eyes. Not 10 feet away from her, a man's chest was being sawed open.
It was almost too much. To this day, Diaz doesn't remember how she got through that 2002 field trip at Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach.
Now 21, she knows that no matter how grossed out she was by the open-heart surgery, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And that was the point.
YVONNE CAREY, Special to The Herald
RoseAnn Britschgi's commute to work, her long hours on the job and her diet made her feel ``out of alignment.''
So the 31-year-old Coral Springs resident rekindled an interest from her high school days and began a new career as a yoga instructor.
Last week, Britschgi showed 15 Cypress Bay High School students how to cope with work-related stress with an introduction to all forms of yoga during a monthly program for at-risk young women in the public school system.
``I'm going to teach them how to integrate yoga as a lifestyle,'' Britschgi said.
