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Gates Scholar Winner Akayla Brown is Bringing Her Talents to Howard University The 18-year-old winner of over $2 million in scholarship awards, including the prestigious Gates Scholarship, announces her college choice in an exclusive Essence interview. Gates Scholarship winner Akayla Brown of Southwest Philadelphia. Photograph courtesy of Akayla Brown Akayla Brown, the 18-year-old, highly sought after Bodie High School senior, went viral after receiving a prestigious scholarship from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A Southwest Philadelphia original, Brown applied to more...

Philly High School Senior Earns Prestigious Gates Scholarship to Cap Over $2M In Other Awards A southwest Philly high school senior will get to go to the college of her dream on a full-ride scholarship after being selected as a Gates Scholar.  Last week Akayla Brown of William W. Bodine High School learned that she was one of 300 seniors selected for the highly competitive and prestigious award — over 34,000 students applied for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation scholarship nationwide.  She was overwhelmed by the news, telling ABC6, “When I got the letter, I was in shock. I was shak...