This Year's Winners:

JiHyun Kim, an international student from Korea at Utah Valley University, told about the tragic death of her young husband at age 29. She was left to raise two small boys alone and plunged herself into her work. Through the years, as she felt her family drifting apart, she realized she was not where she wanted to be in her life. Finally, she made the decision to come to the U.S. and pursue an education. Overcoming not only language obstacles, but also cultural and economic challenges, she is today hard at work on a math degree. JiHyun was so grateful to receive the $2000 check to help her reach her educational goals.

Debra Hernandez, a single mother of two children, was also a happy recipient of $2000 to-wards her education. She is a friend of JiHyun's, as they are both in the math program at UVU. Debra was squeezed out of the travel industry, and while interested in art, realized through the guidance of a good professor, that being a math teacher would be a career in which she could make a real difference. She volunteers with the local food co-op and her church youth group and has a strong desire to give back. Both of these lucky ladies also received a laptop with software, courtesy of American Express and Superior Computers.

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