Marisa Tufaro Award WinnerThe 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.

Marisa Tufaro Award WinnerIn addition, our nonprofit awarded from 2018 through 2021 The Marisa Tufaro Memorial Edison High School Scholarship to a deserving high school senior.

From 2017 through 2023, Woodbridge High School annually awarded the Woodbridge High School Marisa Tufaro Memorial Scholarship to graduating seniors.

To date, our nonprofit has awarded $33,000 in academic scholarships to 46 students and provided summer art camp opportunities to 27 children.

For additional information about each of the scholarships, including application materials, please click a link below:

Feature stories on all of our high school graduate scholarship recipients can be found below.

Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship Recipients (2018-24)

Ciara Marsh, Highland Park High School

Lindsay, Oller, South Plainfield High School

Luke Vazquez, Woodbridge High School

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 (2018-24)

Devon Kiessling, Saint Joseph High School

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

Jetta Szczepanik, Woodbridge High School

Jordan Vazquez, Woodbridge High School