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 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 Museum.
In 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 a total of $42,000 in college academic scholarships to 57 high school seniors and provided summer art camp opportunities to 34 elementary and middle school students.
For additional information about each of the scholarships, including application materials, please click a link below:
- Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship
- The Marisa Tufaro Foundation Greater Middlesex Conference Student-Athlete Scholarship
- Marisa Tufaro Memorial Art Scholarship
Links to feature stories on all of our high school graduate scholarship recipients can be found below.
Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship Recipients (2018-26)
Sofia Muller, Sayreville
Riley Vazquez, Woodbridge High School
Riley Timinski, John F. Kennedy High School
Jada Harris, East Brunswick High School
Barry Muller, Sayreville High School
Joseph Lanzafama, Old Bridge High School
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 (2018-26)
Kylie Passman, Piscataway
Emma Figueiredo, Saint Thomas Aquinas
Brendan Lell, South River High School
Tyler Simkovich, Woodbridge High School
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
Marisa Tufaro Memorial Art Scholarship Recipients (2018-26)
Emma Duran Gutierrez, Woodland Intermediate School
Phineas Goldman, Harry S. Truman Elementary School
Peyton Satkovich, Sayreville Middle School
Lilienne Gendrano, Wilson Elementary School
Savannah Makely, South Plainfield Middle School
Evan DeNicola, Samsel Upper Elementary School
Aiden Scott, Cambridge Elementary School
Alura Aniegbuna, Franklin Elementary School
Yulemi Rivera, Memorial Middle School
Leah Buchholz, Woodland Intermediate School
Phoebe Rojas, Von E. Mauger Middle School
Alexandria Conover, Knollwood Elementary School
Jasneet Bhupal, Woodland Intermediate School
Robert “Bobby” Magliulo, Kennedy Elementary School
Samantha Morgan, Conackamack Middle School
Gavin Trinjastic, Woodland Intermediate School
Ajla Idrizi, Memorial Middle School
Jess Torres, Memorial Middle School
Ameya Sreerag, James Monroe Elementary School
Brianna Cano, Von E. Mauger Middle School
McKenna Savage, Von E. Mauger Middle School
Shannon Ozard, Woodland Intermediate School
Maryan Issa, James Monroe Elementary School
Jake Haspel, South Plainfield Middle School
Giselle Rodrigues, Knollwood Elementary School
Aspasia Rapp, Lawrence Brook Elementary School
Audrey Imbriaco, Von E. Mauger Middle School
Matteo Pittenger, James Monroe Elementary School
Makayla Young, Lawrence Brook Elementary School
Kassandra Fasano, Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Cameren Gorrell, Sayreville Middle School
Robert Dudash, Woodrow Wilson Middle School