Meet the MLK Scholars

Bayley Amburgey

Harlan County HS

Partridge, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Intercultural Engagement

Tahjanaa Banks

Doss HS

Louisville, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Peace Through Artistic Expression

Max Carter

Moore HS

Crestwood, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
LGBTQ rights

Elias Chavez

Home School

Louisville, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Poverty and Job Access

Mikayla Demetrakis

Larry Ryle HS

Union, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Religious Stereotypes

Brianna Wood

Henry Clay HS

Lexington, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Refugee Integration

Ricardo Sosa

St Xavier HS

Louisville, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Educational Support for Immigrants

Ephraim Otieno

Model Laboratory HS

Richmond, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Access to Higher Education

Maria Martinez

DuPont Manuel

Louisville, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Poverty and Homelessness

Taylor Little

Dupont Manuel

Louisville, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Empowerment Through Education

Manuela Botaka

Bryan Station HS

Lexington, KY

Noela Botaka

Bryan Station HS

Lexington, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest:
Prejudices against minority populations

Elijah Ervin

Union County HS

Union County, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest:
LGBTQ rights

Erica Gaither

Caldwell County Senior HS

Caldwell County, KY

Mariana Juarez

Martha Layne Collins HS

Shelby County, KY

Elizabeth Pena

Doss HS

Louisville, KY

John Rhodes

Bryan Station HS

Lexington, KY

Leonardo Salinas

Eastern HS

Louisville, KY

Nuri Thompson

Brown HS

Louisville, KY

Taylor Williams

Eastern HS

Louisville, KY

Jonas Bastien
Glasgow HS

Glasgow, KY


Peace/Social Justice Interest:
Universal health and wellness

Jamila Bland
DuPont Manual HS

Louisville, KY


Peace/Social Justice Interest

Kala Brown
Lafayette HS

Lexington, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Civil rights

Jamitra Fulleord
Central HS

Louisville, KY 


Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
LGBTQ rights

Deserae Lane
Butler HS

Louisville, KY


Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Access to quality education

Jacob Markert

DuPont Manual

Louisville, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Poverty and institutional racism

Cornelius Sanford

Eminence HS

Eminence, KY


Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Youth advocacy & mentorship

Karen Udoh

Assumption HS

Louisville, KY


Peace/Social Justice Interest:
Fair trade inclusion

Courtney Brown

South Oldham HS

Crestwood, KY


Peace/Social Justice Interest:
Access to quality education and workplace discrimination

Isaiah Lewis

Bryan Station HS

Lexington, KY


Peace/Social Justice Interest: Equality through fair taxation

Jason Jewell

Central HS

Louisville, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Poverty and equal rights

Jazmen Conner

Tates Creek HS

Lexington, KY 


Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Understanding through intercultural engagement

Korri Woods

Iroquois HS

Louisville, KY


Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Social equality as a globally engaged citizen

Robyn Blackman

DuPont Manual HS

Louisville, KY

Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Access to quality education

Thomas Gordon

Central Hardin HS

Cecilia, KY


Peace/Social Justice Interest: 
Access to quality health care