Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) is proud to announce the 13 high school seniors receiving the prestigious QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship. The nationwide program connects high-achieving high school seniors with full four-year scholarships to 48 of the nation’s best colleges. Each scholarship recipient is awarded a generous financial aid package provided by the college that covers the full cost of attendance, including tuition, room and board, books and supplies, and travel expenses.

Congratulations to the following 2023 QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship winners:

Charles W. Flanagan High School 

• Shnayjaah Jeanty, Columbia University

College Academy at Broward College

• Sofia Ayala, University of Southern California
• Shalamar Brown, Boston College
• Sofia Guarisma, Brown University
• Kevin Pasquette, Vanderbilt University
• Elizabeth Wright, Boston College

Cooper City High School 

• Maria Balhara, Vanderbilt University

Deerfield Beach High School 

• Duncan Xie, University of Notre Dame

Northeast High School  

• Susana Mosquera, Amherst College

Plantation High School  

• Joanna Echeverri Porras, Northwestern University

Pompano Beach High School

• Amber Brown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Western High School

• Aaron Villegas, Vanderbilt University
  
  

These outstanding high school seniors have an average unweighted GPA of 3.94, and 94% are in the top 10% of their graduating class. Most of this year’s Match Scholarship recipients – 80% – are among the first generation in their families to attend a four-year college in the United States.

“Broward County Public Schools is unwavering in its commitment to prepare students for post-secondary success,” said BCPS Interim Superintendent Dr. Earlean C. Smiley. “The QuestBridge Scholars program is one of many opportunities students are encouraged to participate in to alleviate the financial burden of paying for post-secondary education at a top tier higher education institution.”

Match Scholarship recipients are admitted early to QuestBridge college partners with full four-year scholarships that are provided by the colleges and universities, ensuring – for these students and their families – that an education at a top college is obtainable. QuestBridge’s college partners include top liberal arts colleges such as Amherst, Pomona, and Carleton and exceptional research universities such as Duke, Princeton, Stanford, University of Chicago and Yale.