The Reentry Woman of the Year committee is pleased to announce the 2020 scholarship recipients. Under the capable leadership of Cela Sullivan, IBC chair from the North Kansas City Branch, the committee came together in cyberspace (isn’t technology wonderful?) and voted for the following five winners:

• Erica Haygood, Respiratory Therapy, Kansas City Kansas Community College

• Joanna Marin, Business Administration, Kansas State University

• Nadia Vallecido, Marketing< Kansas City Kansas Community College

• Catherine Bailey, BA degree-English with an emphasis in Creative Writing, UMKC

• Elana Cannon, Pre-Nursing, Kansas City Kansas Community College

All five Reentry awardees received $750 each. Pell grant winners, Haygood, Marin and Vallecido received cash. Bailey and Cannon both received Toni Thornton scholarships, payable to their respective colleges. (They do not have Pell grants.)