$2,500 Scholarship Opportunity From Health Council of South Florida

March 5, 2013

The Health Council of South Florida will be awarding a $2,500 scholarship to students interested in primary and community health care.

“We came up with this award since 2009 as an incentive to students who have an interest in the community and primary care, to give them some sort of financial assistance”, Christina Tuero, Senior Health Planning Services Coordinator. “They can apply through the financial aid offices.”

Applicants must submit an application to their respective financial aid offices by March 8.

The Award will be presented during the HCSF’s 44th Annual Meeting on Friday May 10th at the Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables.

For more information, please call (305)592-1452.

To apply, visit: http://www.mdc.edu/main/financialaid/scholarships/AvailableNow.aspx

Jonel Juste

Jonel Juste, 34, is a Haitian-born journalist and writer. Juste, who earned a journalism degree in Haiti, serves as a columnist for The Reporter. He completed the REVEST program at Miami Dade College and is now majoring in Mass Communications\Journalism. From 2007 to 2011, he worked as editor-in-chief of the monthly French-language, Views of Haiti and the daily news website Haiti Press Network. In 2011, after moving to the US, Juste worked for the Haitian American news website Haiti Sentinel. Since 2013, he has hosted a monthly sociocultural rubric in Le Floridien, a Haitian American newspaper. As a writer, he published the poem book Carrefour de Nuit (Crossroad) in 2012 and Joseph, Prince d’Egypte (Joseph, Prince of Egypt) in 2013.