Pictured at the presentation for top finishers in the recent Elie Wiesel Foundation essay competition are (l-r) Gabriela Ibanez, School for Advanced Studies, North Campus, third place; Isabella Vargas, International Studies Preparatory Academy, second place; Alejandra Gomez, Miami Beach Senior High School; Jonathan Plutzik, The Besty Hotel; Hannah Selvam, Miami Beach Senior High School; Christopher Marrero, iPrep Academy; Christian Shepard, Miami Central Senior High School; Alberto M. Carvalho, superintendent of Miami-Dade District Schools; Dr. Lawrence S. Feldman, school board member; Marie Izquierdo, chief academic officer; Henry Orama, Hialeah Senior High School; Julio Yanez, Charter High School of the Americas; Avgustina Nikolova, iPrep Academy, and Abigail Hurtado, iPrep Academy (First place).
Scholarship awards were first place, $3,000; second place, $2,000, and third place, $1,000.
