2022 Scholarship Recipient
Friends of the 60’s/Alton Black Alumni Association has awarded Kamren Mason-EL the Leo C. Cox Scholarship.
Kamren Mason-El is a senior at Alton High School. She has participated in many activities within her time at Alton High. She is Class President, National Council of Negro Women Youth President, National Honor Society Vice-President, a Riverbend Growth Association Youth Committee Senior Representative, a Varsity Cheerleader, and the Treasurer for Mu Alpha Theta. She has attended Greater St. James Baptist Church her entire life, and volunteers heavily throughout her community. She plans to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and major in Political Science in aims to eventually become an attorney. She has learned that anything is possible with hard work and perseverance, but she also credits the support of her family, teachers, and peers for her high school career being as successful as it has been.
FOS/ABAA Scholarship Committee:
Staci Westfall-Herron, Chair
LaTasha Leflore-Porter
David Patterson
Carol Killion-Hudson
Contact Information:
Staci Westfall-Herron
c/o Alton Friends of the 60’s
PO Box 1033
Alton, IL 62002