The FINAL scores of our five scholarship finalists have officially been tallied up!!

After over four months of rigorous application review by our esteemed judges and a spirited week of voting where 2,363 votes were cast, the three winners of The 2025 Desire To Inspire Scholarship have finally been selected!

Please join me in congratulating Dayana Munoz, Carly Byrd, and Addison-Piper Flores, our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of The 2025 Desire To Inspire Scholarship, respectively!!

Dayana is a high school senior from East Stroudsburg, PA, who will be receiving the $2500 prize!

Carly is a high school senior from Irving, TX, who will be receiving the $1500 prize!

Addison-Piper is a high school senior from Lawndale, CA, who will be receiving the $1000 prize!

I would like to thank every single person who helped to make this scholarship a reality for the SEVENTH year in a row! I also would like to extend a special thanks to Grapevyne for co-sponsoring this year's scholarship! We were able to substantially increase this year's scholarship awards because of their contribution!

It is still unbelievable to imagine that this scholarship was originally an off-the-wall idea that I came up with almost a decade ago; an idea that ultimately came about as a direct result of my desire to help others attain a quality education after I had been blessed with a full-tuition scholarship to attend college at The University of Miami!

It is incredible to see the kind of impact that this scholarship has had on not only the students who have applied to it, but also on everyone involved in the process, from the scholarship judges to every single one of you who contributed to the scholarship fund. As always, I’m humbled and honored that so many people decided to donate to the scholarship fund this year and that the judges took the time out of their busy schedules to help review the applications that had been sent in.

I am always amazed at the number of scholars who decide to apply for the scholarship each year and at how incredible many of the applicants are! These scholars have such bright futures in store for them!

Thank you again to everyone who played a part in making this scholarship a success! I’m looking forward to continuing to help young scholars achieve their hopes and dreams! And a HUGE congratulations again to all five of the amazing finalists; you are all remarkably inspiring and are destined for greatness!!!