The American Council of the Blind’s (ACB) Scholarship Program was established in 1982. The American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) have partnered together to offer educational scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $7,500 for legally blind students attending a technical college or who are an entering freshman, undergraduate or a graduate student. This program awards students with scholarships to help with post-secondary education financial needs such as tuition, fees, room and board and other additional costs associated with adaptive technology. Congratulations to our 2022 scholarship recipients!
2022 Scholarship Recipients
Specialized Studies & States
Qualls –$5,000 – Chantale Zuzi, Holden, Massachusetts
Schecter/Buckley – $4,250 – Madilyn Grose, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Gillette, Anderson & Carsel – $3,500 – Carmen Guzman, Celebration, Florida
Bay State Council of the Blind (Massachusetts Resident) – $4,000 – John Geraci, Waban, Massachusetts
Social Work, Rehabilitation & Teaching
Sadler & Dillman – $4,500 – Gabriel Gates, Thornton, Colorado
Fiorito & Dillman – $5,000 – Brodie Enoch, New York, New York
Qualls – $5,000 – Julia Murray, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dillman – $5,000 – Grace Patterson, Saint Petersburg, Florida
Dillman – $5,000 – Qusay Hussein, Austin, Texas
Dillman – $5,000 – Tatyana Tolliver-Hughes, Dunbar, West Virginia
Business & Accounting
Olsen – $2,500 – Krishna Bodawala, Jersey City, New Jersey
Pangere – $7,500 – Kevin Cohen, Hewlett, New York
Qualls – $5,000 – Camille O’Neill, Gretna, Nebraska
Qualls – $5,000 – Malia Thibado, Pell City, Alabama
Engineering, Science & Technology
Cannon & Ruckes – $4,000 – Brandon Swallow, Rockingham, North Carolina
Qualls – $5,000 – Maureen Hayden, College Station, Texas
Ruckes & Burson – $3,200 – Avery Sallean, Cary, North Carolina
Tech For All – $4,500 – Robert Lamm, Fort Collins, Colorado
Pangere – $7,500 – Bhavya Shah, Stanford, California
Pangere – $7,500 – Ghania Oussaci, San Antonio, Texas