Meet the Scholars

2013 Bezos Scholars

This year's remarkable Bezos Scholars hail from coast to coast--rural Oregon to New Jersey and several points in between. And for the third consecutive year, Bezos Scholars include five remarkable students and an educator from the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg. Meet the 2013 Bezos Scholars, 17 top high school juniors and 13 exceptional educators from public schools across the United States and Africa. 

2013 BEZOS SCHOLARS AT THE ASPEN INSTITUTE

Anna Katz and Educator Lauren Keener
Shaker Heights High School, Shaker Heights, OH

Carlos Flores and Educator Nico Loeff
Whittier High School, Whittier, CA

Courtney Hauck and Educator Jill O’Neill
International School of Beaverton, Beaverton, OR

Damani Eubanks and Educator Lisza Morton
Charles Herbert Flowers High School, Mitchellville, MD

Eleanor Fadely and Educator Pattie Sloan
West Salem High School, Salem, OR

Elizabeth Chung and Educator Janice Morton
Cleveland High School, Seattle, WA

Jessica Garda and Educator Lisa Hartman
Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA

Joseph  Dobson and Educator Corey Alderdice
Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts, Hot Springs, AR

Marshal Landrum and Educator Kathryn Kahn
Como Park Senior High School St. Paul, MN

Montita Sowapark and Educator Stefanie Gross
Boca Raton High School, Boca Raton, FL

Natali Espitia and Educator Elyse Catoe
Atascocita High School, Humble, TX

Oscar Lee and Educator Adam Gold
Highland Park High School, Highland Park, NJ

Bezos Scholars from the African Leadership Academy (ALA)

Gift Pola Kiti, Kenya

Ntemena Kapula, Zambia

Omolemo Josephine Matloga, Nigeria

Oumar Ba, Senegal

Solomon Nii Martey, Ghana

Educator Scholar, Josh Adler, ALA Leadership & Entrepreneurship faculty