The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency (YIDA) has presented 10 Yonkers high school students with 2025 Parkledge Breakthrough Scholarship awards totaling $25,000. The awards were presented at City Hall on June 23.
The high school seniors who each won awards of $2,500 were enrolled in a Yonkers school for all four years of high school. They were in good academic standing and accepted to a post-secondary institution that leads to a degree, license or certification. They were also required to have a recommendation from a member of the faculty who knew them well, and they had to provide a personal statement concerning their future community service goals and how their education will contribute to those goals. The scholarship fund was created by the Parkledge Apartments.
The 2025 scholarship awardees are:
Tyler Gordon– Riverside High School
Emmanuellar Asiedu– Yonkers Montessori Academy
Tennecia Nelson – Barack Obama School for Social Justice
Leila Campbell – Yonkers High School
Fani Arevalo – Roosevelt High School- Early College Studies
Willkania Sosa-Diaz– Lincoln High School
Daphne Durane-Encarnacion – Lincoln High School
William Williams – Saunders Trades and Technical High School
Vanessa Aguilar– Saunders Trades and Technical High School
Avril Salazar – Sacred Heart High School
Established in 1982, the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency is a public benefit corporation that provides business development incentives to enhance economic development and job growth in the city of Yonkers.
