Kawena Lorenzo (center) at the Ke Ala ʻIke Scholars ceremony Recent Leeward Community College graduate Kawena Lorenzo was one of 23 recipients chosen from among thousands of applicants for the Flagship Scholarship from Point Foundation , the largest LGBTQ scholarship-granting nonprofit in the nation. Coming from a low-income family, being a first-generation college student, and identifying as Māhū (those who embody both male and female spirit), she is the third recipient from Hawaiʻi since the scholarship's inception in 2002.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/06/19/lorenzo-lgbtq-scholarship/

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