LANSING, Mich. — Three women who see education as the direct path to a new career have been selected winners of the 2018 LAFCU Women Helping Educate Every Lady, or W.H.E.E.L., Scholarship Essay Contest.
The winners are Vagdevi Anyapu of Lansing, Maryam Abbas of East Lansing, and Jessica Miyamoto, Holt. Each has received a $1,000 scholarship to attend Lansing Community College (LCC) fall 2018.
“The path to a career is often interrupted by family obligations, especially for women,” said Kelli Ellsworth Etchison, LAFCU chief marketing officer. “We’re proud to select Vagdevi, Maryam and Jessica as the 2018 WHEEL winners and as role models for others, demonstrating it’s never too late to pursue a career for which you are passionate.”
Winners were determined by their one-page essays about their career choice and their inspiration to pursue that career.
LAFCU created the W.H.E.E.L. program to encourage women to pursue the education needed to enter or re-enter the workforce or to advance their careers. The scholarships support the credit union’s long-standing ‘people helping people’ mission.