The Florida Lottery on LinkedIn: #floridalottery #fundingfutures (2024)

Florida Academic Scholars Award recipient Vanessa Colchado is today’s #BrightFuturesFriday featured student.The first in her family to obtain a college degree, Vanessa earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting, from the University of Florida. While in high school, Vanessa was selected for Take Stock in Children’s Leaders 4 Life Fellowship Program, designed to enable underserved students to excel in college by giving them resources that empower them to develop their full potential as “leaders for life.” Also in high school, Vanessa studied French, and while she was in college, she had the opportunity to study abroad in Montpellier, France. Throughout college, Vanessa was an e-board member of UF Chispas, an immigrant rights advocacy organization. She is now a Florida certified public accountant and today, she is translating her skills as an accountant to her position as a financial investigator for the Fair Food Standards Council, a nonprofit organization that supports farmworkers’ rights. In her free time, Vanessa says she enjoys sewing her own clothes and going hiking.We are thrilled to see where Vanessa’s future is headed, thanks in part to the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. #FundingFutures #𝖪𝖾𝖾𝗉𝖥𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖺𝗌𝖥𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍#𝖥𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖺𝖫𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗒#𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖥𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌#𝖥𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖺𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖥𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖲𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉𝗌

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𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 John F. Davis 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓 Manny Diaz Jr., 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝐇𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺.🌞🎓𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗑𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 “𝑲𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂’𝒔 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕” 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝗀𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖥𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉𝗌. 𝖲𝗈 𝖿𝖺𝗋, 𝖣𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖣𝗂𝖺𝗓 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗄𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝟣,𝟪𝟢𝟢 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝗑 𝖥𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖺 𝗉𝗎𝖻𝗅𝗂𝖼 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅𝗌. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾’𝗌 𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝖺𝗅 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗎𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖥𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌. 🥇⭐“𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀—𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀,” 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. “𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝘇 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼.” 🌞🎓🌟𝖤𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖥𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖺 𝖫𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗌𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝟣𝟫𝟫𝟩, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖥𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖲𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗆, 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖫𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗒, 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗋𝗌𝗎𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝖾𝖽𝗎𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗍 𝖥𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖺 𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗀𝖾𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗏𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅𝗌, 𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇s.👨🎓 👩🎓𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼: 𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀.𝗴𝗼𝘃. 🍎 #𝖪𝖾𝖾𝗉𝖥𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖺𝗌𝖥𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 #𝖥𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖺𝖫𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗒 #𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖥𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 #𝖥𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖺𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖥𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖲𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉𝗌

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Florida Academic Scholars Award recipient Nick Ilvento is today’s #BrightFuturesFriday featured student!Nick graduates from Florida State University this spring with a bachelor’s degree in political science and international affairs. While earning his degree, Nick studied abroad in the UK, Croatia, and Bosnia and completed the university’s honors program. He is also an Army ROTC cadet and completed the U.S. Intelligence Certificate. Most recently, Nick wrapped up an internship as a Legislative Coordinator for the Florida Lottery.The future is shining brighter than ever for Nick thanks to the Lottery-funded Bright Futures Scholarship program! #FundingFutures

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Last Friday, The Florida Lottery Secretary John F. Davis andThe Florida Department of Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. visited 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐌. 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 in Jacksonville to share information with students about the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦. ☀️ 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 and 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐳 have been traveling the state, talking to middle and high school students about the advantages of a Bright Futures Scholarship. These grassroots events — part of the “𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚’𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭” initiative — are instrumental in expanding awareness to students of all ages, as well as to parents, school counselors, advisors, and teachers. This statewide journey drives home the importance of these scholarships for education throughout Florida.This bold, collaborative campaign is designed to increase the number of Bright Futures Scholarship applicants and recipients.Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eZyEjpRN and join us in our mission to #KeepFloridasFutureBright! #FloridaLottery #BrightFutures 📚🎓

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Florida Academic Scholars Award recipient, Samantha Maria Haley is today’s #BrightFuturesFriday featured student!Samantha expects to graduate from Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) this spring and has already earned all of the required Practical Nurse (PN) credits at Suncoast Technical College. During her undergrad years, Samantha took the initiative within her sorority to raise awareness around social issues.We can’t wait to see what the future holds for Samantha – thanks to the Lottery-funded Bright Futures Scholarship program! #FundingFutures

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Florida Academic Scholars Award recipient, Sana Motorwala is today's #BrightFuturesFriday featured student!Sana anticipates graduating this spring from the University of Florida (UF) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies. Currently, she is interning with the Florida House of Representatives and was chosen for a Teach for America Fellowship. Among her many successes, Sana has also had the opportunity to study abroad in the United Kingdom.We are eager to follow Sana's journey thanks to the Lottery-funded Bright Futures Scholarship program! #FundingFutures

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Florida Lottery Secretary John F. Davis and Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr from the The Florida Department of Education recently visited Jones High School in Orlando to educate students about the invaluable benefits of the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.During the event, Secretary Davis and Commissioner Diaz, along with Lottery and DOE staff, shared insights, provided Bright Futures swag bags, and encouraged students to actively pursue this exceptional opportunity to benefit their futures!These grassroots events are instrumental in expanding awareness to students of all ages, as well as parents, school counselors and advisors, and teachers across the state about the advantages of the Bright Futures Scholarship. ☀️Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eZyEjpRN.Join us in our mission to #KeepFloridasFutureBright! #FloridaLottery #BrightFutures 📚🎓

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Florida Academic Scholars Award recipient, Dionna Prince is today's #BrightFuturesFriday featured student!Dionna has earned a bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) from Florida Memorial University (FMU) where she also joined the sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Inc. In 2013, she graduated from the university with honors distinction and has been living out her dream as a registered nurse working at the University of Miami (UM).Thanks to the Lottery-funded Bright Futures Scholarship program, Dionna is impacting lives today! #FundingFutures

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