Marisol Rosado has received a $100,000 scholarship to Whitworth College from the Act Six scholarship fund. Marisol, a senior at Highline High School, has participated in the Achievement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program all four years at Highline. AVID promotes study skills, college awareness, and academic goal-setting for students who might not otherwise be aiming for college. The program helped Marisol successfully complete the application process, essay, and interviews involved in the scholarship competition.

Highline's Student Advancement Coordinator Cherrie Smith said, "Marisol and the AVID program really scored a homerun with this scholarship. The program provides wonderful opportunities and support for many students who are the first in their families to go to college."

When told about Marisol's scholarship, Superintendent John Welch commented, "If this doesn't make everything we do worthwhile, then I don't know what does. This is what it's all about!"

The Act Six Leadership and Scholarship Initiative is Washington State's only full-tuition, full-need urban leadership scholarship for emerging urban leaders who want to use their college education to make a difference on campus and in their communities at home.

Photo caption: Marisol Rosado with her AVID teacher, Nanci Leonard.