Oakland County Non-Profit To Honor 16 Metro Detroit HS Students

TROY, MI — More than a dozen metro Detroit high school students will receive scholarship awards from an Oakland County non-profit.

Winning Futures will award $30,000 in scholarships to 16 students who are in the group's Workforce Prep Mentoring Program.

The group will also recognize eight students who earned a college or trade school degree or certificate and 16 local businesspeople for their five, ten, or fifteen-year commitment as volunteer Career Mentors.

The celebration will take place at 7 p.m. on June 10 at Club Venetian in Madison Heights. Attendance is by invitation only.

This year’s high school and continuing education scholarship recipients are:

Cass Technical High School, Detroit

• Aniya Alexander
• Danyella Amison
• Jamari Gary
• Marvin McCallum

Communication and Media Arts High School, Detroit

• Korey Colton

Community High School, Sterling Heights

• Kaldia Yousef

Harper Woods High School, Harper Woods

• Terryn Thomas

Pontiac Academy for Excellence, Pontiac

• Ashley Chavez-Gonzalez
• Jeremy Singleton
• Jason Gillow

Warren Mott High School, Warren

• Emike Bell

Continuing Education

• Ivory Brown, Central State University, Harper Woods High School, Harper Woods
• Jayla Sanders, Tennessee State University, Cass Tech High School, Detroit
• Shania Dean-Motley, Tennessee State University, Harper Woods High School, Harper Woods
• Rei Struga, Wayne State University, Warren Mott High School, Warren
• Shanaz Munni, Wayne State University, Warren Mott High School, Warren

Seven students will be recognized for graduating from a continuing education program. They are:

• Chelton-Estelle Ali-Watkins, Wayne State University, Harper Woods High School
• Jocelin Cardenas, Wayne State University, International Technology Academy
• Nia Coleman, Michigan State University, Cass Technical High School
• Ryen Dann, Oakland Community College, Warren Mott High School
• Paris Ellis, Hope College, Harper Woods High School
• Joshua Hudson, University of Michigan, Harper Woods High School
• Jessica Taylor, Oakland Community College, Madison High School
• Lilly Zubeck, Macomb Community College, Warren Mott High School

The group will also recognize 16 local businesspeople for their five, ten, or fifteen years of volunteer Career Mentor service.

Fifteen Years

• Matthew Michayluk, Complete Prototype Services, Director of Sales (Royal Oak)

Ten Years

• Tamika Carden, Tenneco Powertrain Manager, Payroll Tax and Accounting (Livonia)
• Brian Davis, State of Michigan, Payment Assistance Worker (Detroit)
• Gavin Haque, Gavin Haque Enterprises, Retired (Royal Oak)
• Michael Malaga , Comerica Bank, Vice President (Troy)
• Senthil Vivekanandan, Ultra Clean Technology (RALA Inc), Sr. Director Global Quoting (Novi)

Five Years

• Chanese Brown, LoanDepot, Mortgage Underwriter (Redford Township)
• Kelly Cobbin, Birthday Behavior LLC, Owner/CEP (Detroit)
• Torri Garland, General Motors, Engineer/Manager (Detroit)
• Cassandra Gilliam, Stellantis, Director of Supply Chain (Waterford)
• Elise Goulbourne, Black Family Development, Vice President of Behavioral Health (Redford)
• Errol Hau, Cap Trust, Senior Vice President Financial Advisor (Birmingham)
• Bruce Pierce, Ford Motor Company, Retired (Farmington Hills)
• Ana Sandoval, KOSTAL of America, Accounts Receivable Accountant (Detroit)
• Patrick Vondette, EW Grobbel & Sons, Vice President of IT (Clarkston)
• Leavetta White, Rocket Mortgage, Senior Trainer (Westland)

Winning Futures, based in Troy, helps metro Detroit students figure out what they’ll do after high school, teaches them important life and job skills and provides them with a Career Mentor. Students stay in the program after they graduate from high school and enter a continuing education program where the goal is to stay in school, earn a degree or certificate, and land their first professional job. Career Mentors are volunteers from the business community who attend sessions with students and coach them through the program.