On Dec 10, 2022 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST at The Woman's National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Esther Productions, Inc and Black Student Fund presented THE DISCOVERY SUMMIT AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY. The 2022 Contestants for The Discovering Me…Scholarship Essay Contest include:
Taijah Alexander
Da’Niya Allison
Roza Ayele
Raine Badua
Michaela Banu
Dominique Barksdale
Joelle Barksdale
Laray Byrd
Chanylle Danqua
Janiya Drayton
Jayla Edwards
Fatou Gaye
Kiarra James
Tahjiani Jones
Simaya Hammond
Eva Holley
Diya Jha
Raea Jordan
Jemiah Lee*
Jo’Laea Lee
Madelynn Martin
Hiba Mohammed
Blessing Nkop
Amari Norris
Khloe-Rose Owens
Sanaa Stringfield
Laura Tapia
Rahel Belay-Tseganeh
Each year since 2019, Esther Productions Inc. has presented a unique scholarship essay contest that invites young ladies aged 13 through 18 to submit essays that tell their stories about growing up without their fathers and building their resilience as they face that challenge.
Esther Productions, Inc. is dedicated to using a variety of vehicles—traditional and nontraditional—to develop communities throughout the United States and Europe. It was created in 2004 by Jonetta Rose Barras, award-winning journalist and author of Whatever Happened to Daddy’s Little Girl? - estherproductionsinc.com
"The Black Student Fund (BSF) provides essential advocacy, academic and retention support to academically motivated African American and other underserved students to facilitate their access, admission and successful matriculation and graduation from member schools. BSF partners with member schools to provide financial assistance, as well as instruction, evaluations, feedback and monitoring necessary to facilitate the creation and maintenance of a supportive and responsive environment." - https://blackstudentfund.org/