Sophia Heffner awarded TETNA’s 2022 scholarship
Scholarship committee chair Christina Piel presents TETNA’s 2022 scholarship to Sophia Heffner on April 20 the Annual Meeting.
TETNA is proud to offer a scholarship to one of the neighborhood’s graduating high school seniors again this year, thanks to the generous donations of its members. TETNA honors a bright young person from Tosa East Towne whose essay response best represents TETNA’s philosophy of providing “a welcoming and nurturing environment … and sense of community through shared interests.”
This year, the scholarship committee chose Wauwatosa East High School senior Sophia Heffner as the winner. Sophia is co-president of the Student Council, a member of the national competition We the People Team, a Wauwatosa Youth Commission Liaison and an active participant in the local Democratic Party. In addition to her leadership activities as president of the student body and in local government, Sophia also gave back in Key Club and Best Buddies. Sophia plans to attend Scripps College in California with a goal to eventually attend law school and become an immigration attorney.
In selecting Sophia as the recipient of this scholarship, the scholarship committee commented, “Sophia’s passion for community came through in every part of her application. We admired her extensive involvement on the neighborhood-, school-, city- and state-wide levels. We also respected that she wrote, ‘No community is perfect. And I am lucky in that – when I see something that I feel should be changed – I can utilize my leadership skills to advocate for it.’ Wherever life takes this amazing young woman, we are sure she'll be a force for good who will make TETNA proud.”
Congratulations, Sophia!
The TETNA board presented Sophia with its $750 scholarship for 2022 at its Annual Meeting on April 20 at Tosa Bowl & Bun. To all our members and neighbors, please consider donating to the TETNA scholarship fund to continue this tradition of supporting some of our neighborhood’s top high school seniors.