Houston, TX – Congressman Al Green (TX-9) today announced this year’s recipients of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Foundation’s Spouses Education Scholarship and Cheerios Brand Health Initiative Scholarship.  The CBC Spouses Education Scholarship Program has awarded millions of dollars to academically talented and highly motivated students who will pursue full-time undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral degrees.  The CBC Spouses Cheerios Brand Health Initiative Scholarship, of which more than $1 million has been invested by General Mills, is awarded to undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students pursing careers in health related professions.  Seven young adults from the Houston area have been awarded one or both of the scholarships.

“This year’s CBC Scholarship recipients are a bright and talented group of young people and I am pleased to congratulate them on their fine academic accomplishments,” stated Green.  “I would like to commend the CBC Spouses organization and General Mills for providing these important scholarship opportunities for young people in our communities, which will prove invaluable to their academic pursuits.”

This year, Abbiola B. Alabi and Romina Suarez are recipients of both the CBC Spouses Education Scholarship and Cheerios Brand Health Initiative Scholarship.  Kiana L. Cousin, Dieu-Huong Ho, Aisha Savoy, Patrice Vassell, and Terah Denise Scott are recipients of the Spouses Education Scholarship.

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Spouses organization is a component of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc., a 501(c) (3) non-partisan, tax-exempt organization committed to public policy, research, education, and leadership development.  The CBC Spouses organization established the education scholarship in response to federal spending cuts in education and scholarship programs in 1988, and has disbursed more than $8 million through the education and health scholarship programs.