Dedicated to providing educational scholarships to Fairfield County students diagnosed with cancer.
2021 Recipients
Fairfield County Cancer Survivors were awarded Susan Fund Scholarships for the 40th year. Click here to read more about this year’s reception.
2021
Alexia Boccuzzi
Stamford, CT
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Lexi will be entering her sophomore year at UPenn this fall. Lexi
Giacomo Brancato
Fairfield, CT
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
Giacomo graduated in 2021 from Fairfield University’s Dolan School of Business with
Lauren Busser
Newtown, CT
NYU TANDON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Lauren is enrolled in the Integrated Design Media program and will graduate
Jose Campanario
Danbury, CT
WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
Jose completed his first semester at Western Connecticut State University with honors.
Charlie Capalbo
Fairfield, CT
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
Charlie is currently undergoing cancer treatment for a third time at Boston
Josh Cappello
Trumbull, CT
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
This is Josh’s second Susan Fund scholarship. He embodies much of what
Jack Demers
Bethel, CT
EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
Jack will be a junior this fall at Eastern. He changed his
Tierra Garvin
Stratford, CT
UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT
Tierra began her health services career as a home health aide/companion, then
Michael Holtz
Fairfield, CT
STONEHILL COLLEGE
Michael has been a Susan Fund recipient for two years. While he
Lauren Kelly
Norwalk, CT
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Lauren graduated from Brian McMahon High School in June. Due to a
Sona Kocinsky
Trumbull, CT
TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Sona is a graduate of Trumbull High School, where she had an
Daniel Krekoska
Stratford, CT
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE
Daniel is in his sophomore year at Providence. He had a very
Brent McCreesh
Southport, CT
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY
Brent will be a freshman at SHU this fall. He chose the
Eric Mengel
Southport, CT
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Eric is passionate about politics and has worked on a voter outreach
Sofia Petrafesa
Stamford, CT
SOUTHERN CT STATE UNIVERSITY & NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Sofia has completed three years of her five-year nursing program at Southern
Joshua Rubenstein
Trumbull, CT
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK
Josh described his first year at Maryland as “amazing.” He found his
Cordelia Scudder
Bridgeport, CT
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY
Cordelia is pursuing her Master’s in Social Work degree at Sacred Heart.
Jack Ungar
Darien, CT
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
Jack is a sophomore at The University of Richmond in The School
William Varvaro
Easton, CT
THE NEW SCHOOL
During the pandemic Will decided to transfer colleges, realizing that his previous
Matthew Viglucci
New Fairfield, CT
SUNY - ONEONTA
Matthew will be a freshman this fall at SUNY Oneonta. He will
To date, we have distributed over $1.9 million in scholarship money.