Students receive Future Connect Scholarships

(April 2025) – Nine students from Mt. Scott Learning Center have been awarded the 2025-26 Future Connect Scholarship sponsored through the City of Portland and Portland Community College (PCC).

Congratulations to Nyx Canty, Xander Chapin Plata, Kamilah Hernadez-Sanchez, Mya Glover, Miles Markowitz, Kai Moser, Nico Ross, Mace Skutley, and Mariano Quintero on earning the award. The Mt. Scott students were selected from more than 1,000 applicants for the Future Connect Scholarship, which works to eliminate barriers to attending college for low-income and first-generation college students.

Five other Mt. Scott students – Asher Chiapuzio, Maple Helms, Beatrice Jesudason, Elliott Wheeler, and Silas Whorrall – were selected for the scholarship waitlist.

Future Connect offers students a financial scholarship for two years, guidance in career pathway planning, a success coach, job and internship opportunities, enrichment activities, and transfer support for those looking to move on to a four-year university. Future Connect has been important in increasing college and retention and degree achievement since 2011.