It is with great pleasure that we announce the recipients of the 2025 High Bridge Foundation, Inc. Awards. Thanks to our generous donors, this year’s awards include two (2) Impact Awards of $4,000 each, seven (7) Scholarship Awards of $2,000 each, and seven (7) Book Awards of $1,000 each. This year’s Awards Ceremony was held on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at 10:00 AM.
$4,000 Impact awardees
James Obasiolu, Atholton High School, Columbia, MD, received the William & Cita Helkie Impact AwardWehbe El Hadj Sidil, Justice High School, Falls Church, VA, received the Dr. William J.A. Marshall & Dr. Juanita Cebe Impact Award
$2,000 Scholarship awardees
Mohammed Al-Omari, Justice High School, Falls Church, VA, received the Michael S. KellyScholarship AwardMiguel Angel Garcia Pinto, Mergenthaler Vocational-Techincal High School, Baltimore, MD, received the Alexander & Craig Ventures LLC Scholarship AwardFelix Baum, Mount Hebron High School, Ellicott City, MD received the Lulu B. Alexander Scholarship AwardLondon James-Golas, McDonogh School, Owings Mill, MD, received the Lewis FamilyScholarship AwardIrina Wilderotter, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, DC, received the Edgardo Lopez VenturaScholarship AwardRacquel Bonnila, Seneca Valley High School, Germantown, MD received the Dorothy H. King Scholarship AwardSophia Repole, Glenelg High School, Glenelg, MD, received the Helen S. TurnerScholarship Award
$1,000 BOOK AWARDees
Duke Boating, Charles Herbert High School, Springdale, MD, received the Nhabit Book AwardAshley-Lea Shrestha, Suitland High School, Suitland, MD, received the Dr. Esmerando O. Juanitez Book AwardJulia Vinje, North County High School, Glen Burnie, MD, received the Vicky Samson Calizo Book AwardAditi Channeshetti, Mount Hebron High School, Ellicott City, MD, received the Jun & Jovy Eusebio Book AwardDivine Ubah, Charles Herbert High School, Springdale, MD, received the Marcelina Sapla Rozal Book AwardAbdullah Olabi, Justice High School, Falls Church, VA, received the Keith T. Jackson, Jr. Book AwardEmmanuella Umoh, College Park Academy, College Park, MD, received the Bruce and Barbara WhiteBook Award
