Boys & Girls Club of Newark Youth of the Year Honoree Earns Full-Ride Scholarship to College
By TOM WIEDMANN Cielo Marrero Cielo Marrero By TOM WIEDMANN May 27, 2021 at 1:57 PM NEWARK, NJ — When Cielo Marrero steps foot on campus at Monmouth University come fall, she will be able to attend the university under the benefit of a full-ride scholarship thanks in part to her efforts with the Boys & Girls Club of Newark. As a migrant from the Dominican Republic, Cielo came to the states about 10 years ago where she soon challenged herself to learn a second language, improve her reading and writing skills, and speak English. Coming from her native country, Cielo explained that her arriv...
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