SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM
The most important resource to guarantee the maximum potential of our island is its own people. For this reason, the Foundation, from its very beginnings, and in accordance with the wishes of its founders, has put its greatest effort towards promoting education through a Scholarship Program and towards supporting the country's public education system through the Grants Program.
Scholarships are awarded to educational institutions and NOT to individuals. The Foundation believes that each brain is a world that needs different teaching methodologies to support and encourage its development. Therefore, a variety of educational philosophies are included within the Scholarships Program. At this moment we have scholarship holders at the following institutions: Colegio Puertorriqueño de Niñas, Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, Commonwealth-Parkville School, Baldwin School, Saint John's School, Colegio IMEI, Academia Sagrado Corazón, Robinson School, Colegio San Antonio Abad, Espacio a, Escuela Micael and Beta-Local.
The scholarships have been awarded in full for the 2019-2020 school year.
Graduates of the Scholarship Program
Melinda Vargas
"In short, the Fundación Segarra Boerman scholarship was a key piece in allowing me to continue my educational training close to my family, thus freeing them from the economic and mental stressor of being able to provide me with a quality education at my then San Antonio Abad School”.
Melinda graduated from Colegio San Antonio Abad in 2011. She completed her bachelor’s degree in 2016 with a concentration in Computational Mathematics from the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao Campus. She was part of the Honor Students Group and the Computer Science and Mathematics Student Association. She currently works as a "software developer" at Rock Solid Technologies Inc.
Sebastián otero
Sebastián Otero Oliveras graduated from Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola in 2014. He is currently finishing his bachelor's degree in ethnomusicology and Latin American and Caribbean studies at Brown University in Rhode Island. He began a separate career as a rapper, singer and musician and has performed on different stages with the group "La Ponina". He participated in Banco Popular's Christmas special in 2016 - "From Puerto Rico to the World" performing the song "El Viejo San Juan" which he arranged, composed, and recorded with Francis Torres.
Norberto Joel Cruz Lebrón
""The person I am today is thanks, in part, to Fundación Segarra Boerman, which gave me the opportunity to study at Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola (2001-2007). An excellent education in the formative years of my adolescence gave me the tools to shape my educational and professional future based on my skills and areas of interest"
Norberto graduated from Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola in 2007, he obtained his bachelor's degree at the University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras Campus (2007 - 2013). It was here that he was able to perform at a high level in the fields of Biology and Physics. In his third year (2010) of studies, he was chosen by the MARC program of the Río Piedras Campus, supported by the National Institute of Health (NIH), to carry out research in the Neurophysiology department of the Medical Sciences Campus. His research focus was on the neurobiological mechanisms responsible for addiction to drugs, especially cocaine. In 2016 he was accepted into the Princeton University Neuroscience Institute, where he is working on his PhD. He has dedicated himself to the study of cognitive processes related to decision making and the categorization of objects. After obtaining his PhD, he would like to obtain a position in an Institution that allows him to do research and educate to the best of his ability. At the same time, he would like to establish an educational platform for those with skills and commitment, but few resources.