AXA Achievement℠ Announces Scholarship Winners
April 17 2017 - 10:54AM
Business Wire
Scholarships Awarded to Students Passionate about Health
Innovations, Financial Literacy, and Community Outreach.
AXA, a financial protection and retirement industry leader,
announced today over 370 winners of the AXA AchievementSM
Scholarship. Winners – known as AXA Achievers – are ambitious and
talented students that have demonstrated exemplary leadership
skills and a commitment to making a positive contribution to the
world. Through their outstanding achievements, these students are
driving awareness and innovation in such areas as anti-bullying,
hunger, teen suicide, health, and financial literacy.
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the AXA AchievementSM
program, which has provided over $25 million in scholarships to
more than 6,000 students since the program’s inception in 2003.
Through the AXA AchievementSM Scholarship, more than 370 students
representing all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the
local communities where AXA operates will receive a one-time
scholarship in the amount of $25,000, $10,000, or $2,500.
Additionally, every scholarship recipient’s high school will
receive a grant for $1,000 to be used for educational development.
The 2017 award program will give out more than $1.8 million to
support college education and professional development.
“We are proud to recognize this year’s AXA Achievers and
celebrate their extraordinary accomplishments,” said Mark Pearson,
Chairman and CEO of AXA US. “Our winners are remarkable young
people whose hard work, dedication to their communities and
commitment to innovation demonstrate their passion to facilitate
change on a global scale. We are honored to help this next
generation of leaders pursue their dreams.”
The 2017 National scholarship winners are:
Health Innovations &
Technology
- Aneesh Agarwal – Cary, NCAneesh
created Health Smart Tech (HST), a unique social startup that
provides comprehensive comparisons of medical testing costs in
multiple facilities. This allows accessibility of information,
enabling the uninsured to make educated financial and healthcare
decisions.
- Anurudh Ganesan – Clarksburg,
MDRecognizing that access to refrigeration and electricity is not
always available in developing areas around the world, Anurudh
designed and developed a 'No Ice, No Electric' active refrigeration
vaccine transportation system. This patent-pending system will
assist global last-leg vaccine transportation by maintaining viable
vaccines in a safe and effective temperature range in order to save
lives.
- Sarah Moelis – Hewlett, NYSarah
created an iPad computer game “The Magic Arrows” to assist children
with neuro-developmental disabilities by turning their routines
into a game that is fun and reduces anxiety. The game is available
for purchase via magicarrows.net with 100% of proceeds benefiting
the “Fly With Me Fund,” a foundation that provides children
affected by Fragile X Syndrome with access to testing and treatment
options.
- Surabhi Mundada – Olympia, WATo
help overcome the obstacles experienced by neurological patients
with tremors and loss of hand control experience, Surabhi developed
an innovative wearable glove and armband called “MyHealth.” The
glove assists with closing the hand, improves grip, and detects,
monitors, and controls tremors.
- Shalin Shah – Rancho Santa
Margarita, CAShalin created a free digital app called “Voice,”
which assists visually impaired individuals by taking a photo of an
unfamiliar object and reading the text of that object aloud. In
addition to creating the app, Shalin spends time with nonprofit
organizations, senior citizen facilities and institutes for the
blind promoting the app and teaching individuals how it is
used.
Financial Literacy
- Antonio Ferris – Meza, AZAntonio
created a 'Cost of Credit Calculator' app to mitigate credit card
debt by quickly calculating the total interest costs incurred when
using a credit card to make a purchase. This helpful tool is
available via PC, Android and Apple smartphones in 194 countries,
helping people make informed financial decisions.
Community Outreach
- Julie Averbach – Short Hills,
NJJulie wrote, edited, and published “Adventures From My World”
(AFMW), a comic book to support siblings of individuals with
special needs. AFMW helps siblings express their emotions, and more
than 8000 copies are currently being distributed in 18 US states
and 4 foreign countries.
- Britain Bennett – Sandusky,
OHBritain’s passion is helping young people overcome and prevent
bullying. She developed a strategy called 'TBH' which stands for
“Talk to someone, Block harmful words from your head and heart,
Help others,” to help teens think before they act in an unkind
manner towards others. For this work she received a proclamation
for a county day in which parents are reminded to oversee their
child's social media use to prevent bullying.
- Janay Jumping Eagle – Kyle,
SDAfter losing her 12 year old cousin to suicide and recognizing
that it overwhelmingly affects young people living on reservations,
Janay decided to take action. Through trainings, positive events,
and community activism, Janay has helped many peers find help and
forgo suicide on her tribal reservation. Her outreach works have
been profiled on MTV and she was invited to the White House Tribal
Nations Conference in 2015.
- James Mathew - Hinsdale, ILJames
created and marketed a smart phone application called “Got Food?”
that has a database of over 1,600 food pantries and soup kitchens
in 12 states, allowing individuals to find the closest food
resource when they are assisting families in need.
AXA also offers financial education services to provide
comprehensive resources for students and parents planning for
college For more information on AXA Achievement, including a full
list of our $10,000 and $2,500 winners, visit the AXA Foundation
website. Find AXA on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
About AXA Foundation
The AXA Foundation directs the company's philanthropic and
volunteer activities, working to improve the quality of life in
communities across the United States where AXA has a presence. The
AXA Foundation’s multifaceted signature program, AXA AchievementSM,
supports the company’s strong commitment to Corporate
Responsibility and AXA Group’s flagship theme of “Risk Research and
Education,” by providing America’s youth with access and advice to
help them succeed in college and beyond. Since its inception, AXA
Achievement has awarded over $25 million in college scholarships to
more than 6,000 students, known as AXA Achievers.
For more information go
to www.axa-achievement.com or AXA's Facebook
page.
About AXA
“AXA” is a brand name of AXA Equitable Financial Services, LLC
and its family of companies, including AXA Equitable Life Insurance
Company (NY,NY), MONY Life Insurance Company of America (AZ stock
company, administrative office: Jersey City, NJ), AXA Advisors,
LLC, and AXA Distributors, LLC. In business since 1859, AXA is a
leading financial protection company and one of the nation’s
premier providers of life insurance, annuity, employee
benefits and financial products and services distributed to
individuals and business owners through its retail distribution
channel, AXA Advisors, LLC (member FINRA, SIPC) and to the
financial services market through its wholesale distribution
channel, AXA Distributors, LLC.
AXA S.A. is a Paris-headquartered holding company for a group of
international insurance and financial services companies, including
AXA Equitable Financial Services, LLC companies. AXA S.A. is a
worldwide leader in financial protection strategies and wealth
management with 102 million clients in 56 countries as of December
31, 2013.
The obligations of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and MONY
Life Insurance Company of America are backed solely by their
claims-paying ability.
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AXAJennifer Recine, 212-314-2009jennifer.recine@axa.us.com
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