The Marisa Tufaro Foundation provides scholarship opportunities for students who attend school in or are residents of Middlesex County.
Our nonprofit sponsors the $1,000 Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship for high school seniors who have helped children in need.
The Marisa Tufaro Foundation also provides a $500 Greater Middlesex Conference Student-Athlete Scholarship for high school seniors who have overcome adversity, performed community service and been inspired by Marisa’s indomitable spirit to make a difference in the lives of others.
Our nonprofit also awards an annual Marisa Tufaro Memorial Art Scholarship for Middlesex County elementary and middle school students to attend a weeklong summer art camp at Rutgers University’s Zimmerli Art Museum.
In addition, our nonprofit awarded from 2018 through 2021 The Marisa Tufaro Memorial Edison High School Scholarship to a deserving high school senior.
Since 2017, Woodbridge High School has annually awarded the Woodbridge High School Marisa Tufaro Memorial Scholarship to graduating seniors.
To date, our nonprofit has awarded $29,500 in academic scholarship money to 42 students and provided summer art camp opportunities to 20 children.
For additional information about each of the scholarships, including application materials, please click a link below:
- Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship
- Woodbridge High School Marisa Tufaro Memorial Scholarship
- The Marisa Tufaro Foundation Greater Middlesex Conference Student-Athlete Scholarship
- Marisa Tufaro Memorial Art Scholarship
Feature stories on all of our high school graduate scholarship recipients can be found below.
Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship Recipients (2018-23)
Aroosha Irfan, John F. Kennedy High School
Samantha Ayers, Woodbridge High School
Jake Vasquez, Woodbridge High School
Rishabh Jain, Old Bridge High School
Thomas Freda, Saint Joseph High School
Shreya Shivakumar, J.P. Stevens High School
Isabella Vallaro, Woodbridge High School
Jordan Cinelli, Woodbridge High School
Leticia Da Silva, Woodbridge High School
Michael Lapczynski, Metuchen High School
Haley Resta, Woodbridge High School
George Wenson, Woodbridge High School
Marisa Tufaro Foundation Greater Middlesex Conference Student-Athlete Scholarship Recipients (2018-22)
Alex Gibson, South Plainfield High School
Madison Rackett, Woodbridge High School
Alexis Broggi, Piscataway High School
Caroline Schleif, Metuchen High School
Jeffrey Jacome, South Plainfield High School
Michael Weikum, Saint Joseph High School
Darcy Fruhschein, North Brunswick High School
Nick Loniewski, South Plainfield High School
Rania Alaboura, Edison High School
Nadyeh Alaboura, Edison High School
Jason Bilawsky, Woodbridge High School
Emma Broggi, Piscataway High School
Abdul Cokley, South Plainfield High School
Libby Dobrzynski, Sayreville High School
Joseph Heilmann, South Plainfield High School
Gennyka Liebenthal, Monroe High School
Charles Lovett, South Plainfield High School
Liz Matticoli, South Brunswick High School
Luke Niemeyer, South Plainfield High School
Kevin O’Neil, St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Tristan Palyha, St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Nick Razzano, South River High School
Gabriel Rodrigues, Piscataway High School
Tiffany Rolon-Locus, Colonia High School
Thomas Stewart, Piscataway High School
Charity-Temitope Daramola, Woodbridge High School
Marisa Tufaro Memorial Edison High School Scholarship Recipients (2018-21)
Aaron Cender, Edison High School
Kendra Candido, Edison High School
Ciara Johnson, Edison High School
Mark Rosario, Edison High School
Woodbridge High School Marisa Tufaro Memorial Scholarships Recipients (2017-23)
Gianna Orten, Woodbridge High School
Brody Kist, Woodbridge High School
Tara Mahon, Woodbridge High School
Jake Serrano, Woodbridge High School
Heather Andrejcak, Woodbridge High School
Isabello Vallaro, Woodbridge High School
Cameron Christine, Woodbridge High School
Eric Jefferson, Woodbridge High School
Emily Kolarick, Woodbridge High School
Alex LaGrippo, Woodbridge High School
Ben Lepisto, Woodbridge High School
Mya Pinkevicz, Woodbridge High School