West Bridgewater woman receives AAUW scholarship
TAUNTON — The Taunton Area Chapter of the American Association of University Women announced the 2019 recipient of the Mary Anderson Memorial $500 Scholarship.
Maia Shelby Hay of West Bridgewater is a graduate of West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School and is currently a senior at Wheaton College in Norton. She is pursuing a double major in political science and studio art, focusing on the interdisciplinary connection between public art activism and public policy. She recently spent the semester part of the Parliamentary Program at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, experiencing how women are treated on an international level.
Her goals after college are to go into the AmeriCorps program or pursue a fellowship that allows her to work with youth to empower them to reach their full potential. She is then interested in pursuing a career in government to strengthen community outreach programs.
Applicants for this scholarship must be graduates of a high school in Southeastern Massachusetts, who will be entering the junior or senior year of college in the fall, with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0, and a commitment to building a better future for women and girls.