LOAR PLLC

LOAR PLLC is so excited to announce the recipients of the 2024- 2025 SOAR Scholarships. These 23 remarkable women will each receive a $5,000 scholarship and will be provided professional development and mentoring throughout their college or graduate school experience. They will be attending universities throughout the State of Texas and are to be congratulated on winning in such a highly competitive environment. The recipients will be honored at LOAR’s Summer Celebration on June 8, 2024.

With this announcement, LOAR PLLC is proud of the over $250,000 in scholarships awarded in the three years of the SOAR Scholarship Foundation and is grateful for the opportunity to support and mentor these future leaders.

The 2024 SOAR Scholars’ class includes returning SOAR Scholars Anjali Iyer (University of Texas - Austin), Maria Isabel Ramos Martinez (University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley), Alondra Salinas (Texas A&M - College Station), and Mia Simmons (Baylor University). New SOAR Scholars include Brianna Andrews (Texas A&M - International University), Samantha Delgado (SMU Dedman School of Law), Taryn Dia (Baylor University), Madelyn Garcia (Texas A&M – College Station), Addison McKenna Goncalo (University of Texas - Austin), Danielle Gonzales (Texas A&M – College Station), Jocelynn Gonzales (Texas A&M - Corpus Christi), Isabella Herrera (University of Texas - Austin), Ivana Kiage (University of Houston), Julia Norton (Texas A&M - College Station), Vivianna Noyola (Baylor University), Andrea Nwaokolo (University of Texas - Austin), Sekinah Okunnu (University of Houston), Olivia Reyna (University of Texas - Austin), Olivia Rhoades (Texas A&M - College Station), Ashley Shtaih (Texas Christian University), Alexa Tovar (University of Texas – Austin), Tiffany Tran (University of Texas School of Dentistry - Houston), and Daphne Uribe (McGovern Medical School - University of Texas Health Science Center).

Full bios of the winners can be found at https://loarpllc.com/2024-soar-scholars.

Congratulations also to the 2024 SOAR Scholar graduates. Arielle Allen is graduating from the University of Texas School of Law with her J.D. degree with Pro Bono Honors and will be joining LOAR PLLC as an attorney. Madi Ang is graduating from the University of Texas with a B.S. Honors in Nutritional Sciences. She will be matriculating at the University of Texas Dental School in Houston in August. Alejandra De La O is graduating with honors from the University of Texas with a B.S. in Public Relations and Advertising and will be continuing at the University of Texas to pursue her graduate studies. Tran Le Abraham will be graduating from The University of Texas School of Law with a Juris Doctorate, and after graduation will be working at the Texas Association of School Boards.

SOAR Scholarship Program — LOAR PLLC SOAR seeks to mentor and support ‘first females,’ those young women who are the first in their family to pursue higher education or who have had to overcome significant challenges. Our goal is to provide scholarships opportunities and ongoing mentorship and relationship building.

What an amazing evening at the Texas Women in Law mixer in Dallas! I am grateful to call these women my friends and colleagues, and the whole evening was so uplifting. It was an honor to be surrounded by such talented and driven individuals.



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Amber Russell