POSSE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS … Fifteen Montgomery County public and private high school students who have been awarded full four-year scholarships from The Posse Foundation were honored by the Montgomery County Council on March 13. The Posse Foundation and its six cooperating university partners address the need for disadvantaged students to access top colleges and awards. At the ceremonies in Rockville were, left to right: Valeria Carranza, a former Posse Scholarship winner and now a member of Councilmember Hans Riemer’s staff; Brianna Braswell and Ramzi Ebeid of Seneca Valley High School; Jessica Brito of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart; Kimberley Nidah of Churchill; Councilmember Riemer; Ahmed Elnaiem of Richard Montgomery; Robyn Lingo of the Posse Foundation; Nailah Frye of Rockville; Stephanie Marquez of Wheaton; Nicholas Chisholm of Rockville; Ashton Cane of Paint Branch; Irvin Cedillo and Elizabeth Olsen of Bethesda-Chevy Chase; Natasha Frazier of Colonel Zadok Magruder; and David Hylton of James Blake. Winners not pictured: § Affan Ahmed of Northwest; Christian Mendoza of Walter Johnson; and Audrey Yatdon of Blair.