Meet the Extraordinary People who Become Flinn Scholars

A premier university scholarship and funding for study abroad is just the beginning.

Flinn Scholars defy any attempt at generalization.

They work on Capitol Hill and in a Chiapas orphanage. They write for the New York Times and Poetry magazine and the journal Science. They become teachers and veterinarians, pediatricians and law professors. (And boxers, architects, singers, and entrepreneurs.)

Below are some of their stories.

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