URBAN SPOTLIGHT: Marissa Price Scholarship Success
URBAN SPOTLIGHT: Marissa Price Scholarship Success
My name is Marissa Price, and I am a first-generation college student from St. Peters, MO who will be joining the 2016 Teach for America-St. Louis Corps this summer. I originally applied for the Urban League scholarship during my freshman year at Saint Louis University after realizing how expensive textbooks could be! I was elated when I was chosen to receive the scholarship during my junior year because it lifted the burden of paying $ 500 for textbooks each semester from my shoulders, and allowed me to focus primarily on the excitement that a new semester should always bring. Now as a senior at Saint Louis University, double majoring in Finance and African American Studies, I am incredibly grateful to the Urban League for providing me with this scholarship because it has made my time as a college student just a little bit easier and a lot more manageable.