Houston –At a recent ceremony in his district office, Congressman Al Green (TX-9) presented checks and certificates to this year’s recipients of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Foundation’s Spouses Education Scholarship and Cheerios Brand Health Initiative Scholarship programs. 

“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 community.”

Receiving both the CBC Spouses Education Scholarship and Cheerios Brand Health Initiative Scholarship were Abbiola B. Alabi, 19, and Romina Suarez, 24.  The Spouses Education Scholarship was awarded to Kiana L. Cousin, 22, Dieu-Huong Ho, 19, Aisha Savoy, 28, Patrice Vassell, 18, and Terah Denise Scott, 18.  Not present at the ceremony were Abbiola Alabi and Terah Scott.

The CBC Spouses Education Scholarship Program has awarded millions of dollars to academically talented and highly motivated students pursuing 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 pursuing careers in health related professions. 

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 education and health scholarship programs.

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