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Doris Karlick Scholarship Fund Historical Seeds

Eight young women have received the 2022 NPBC Megan Serin is an ecology major at Florida Atlantic Of The Garden
AAUW Doris Karlik Scholarships for $1,000 each, thanks University and the mother of three young children. She
to the generosity of our members. Several attended the May is returning to school after earning her associate’s degree
16 dinner where we encouraged you to meet them and find several years ago juggling child care, work and school.
out more about their accomplishments and dreams. She plans to use her microbiology and ecology degree
Isabella DiPaola is a graduate of Pope John Paul II to work on environmental issues, especially to increase
School and will be a senior biology major at Florida sustainability for future generations.
Atlantic University this fall. She volunteers with Equine Amiyah Stringer is a graduate of Suncoast Community
Assisted Therapies that aids children with special needs High School and will be a junior information science
and plans on becoming a veterinarian. major at the University of North Florida. She volunteers
Ben-Gina Fantaisie is a senior at Atlantic Community at the Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach County and
High School and accepted to Florida State University enjoys coding and programming. She would like to work
in the fall. She has volunteered as a web developer for for a major IT company and then start her own business.
several nonprofits dedicated to helping the people of Haiti Isabella Whedbee is a senior at Palm Beach Central
and alleviating poverty. After college, she would like to High School planning on majoring in advertizing and
attend a physician assistant program in pediatrics and English. She was president of her school’s Red Cross
eventually build a school in Haiti. Club and organized blood drives and disaster preparedness
Naomi Francisco is a senior at Suncoast High School meetings. She would like to help female-led nonprofits
who has developed “Period Pouches” provided to shelters expand their reach through marketing.
for homeless women to increase self-esteem and provide The mission of AAUW is to advance equity for women
products needed for feminine hygiene. She plans on and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and
majoring in marketing and becoming an entrepreneur research. Funds raised at the benefit luncheon support
advancing societal change especially for homeless the following programs: AAUW Fund that includes
women. fellowships and grants, Legal Advocacy Fund, Public
Jenna Kercheville is a Seminole Ridge High School Policy Program, the National Conference for College
senior and has dual enrolled at Palm Beach State College. Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL), Florida Tech Trek,
She plans to get a Bachelor of Science in nursing and a week long STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,
become a nurse practitioner, inspired by a medical team and Mathematics) Camp for rising eighth-grade girls, an
at UF Shands Hospital. AAUW Florida Supporting Foundation program, and the
Erin Leahy is a graduate of West Boca Raton High Doris Karlik Scholarship Fund for Palm Beach County
School and is a freshman biology major at Florida Atlantic women seeking undergraduate degrees.
University. Erin works as a gymnastics coach and an Please visit http://northernpalmbeach-fl.aauw.net/ for
animal hospital receptionist. She plans on attending further information.
medical school to become a forensic psychiatrist.
The 8-foot statue of John D. MacArthur, sculpted by
Pennsylvania artist Zenos Frudakis, was installed, after some
debate over its location, within the municipal complex on North
Military trail. Here in the center of Palm Beach Gardens,
MacArthur can watch over and marvel at what his city has and
will become. Of course, he originally conceived of Palm Beach
Gardens to make money. However, as he revealed to his friend
Stewart Alsop, who was interviewing him for an article entitled
“American’s New Big Rich,” “You see something coming out
of the ground. You see houses and bicycles and kids, where
there was nothing but palmettos and rattlesnakes – that gives
you more of a thrill than anything else.”

For more seeds, see Images of America, Palm Beach
Gardens by Arcadia Publishing. The PBG Historical Society’s
mission is to collect, preserve and share the rich history of
the Gardens.
www.PBGHistoricalSociety.org

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