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Sascha Wil­son

Krisann Be­dassie, 17, has made his­to­ry by be­com­ing the first stu­dent from T&T to be ac­cept­ed in­to the pres­ti­gious Yale Young Glob­al Schol­ars Pro­gramme.

How­ev­er, al­though she re­ceived a mer­it-based schol­ar­ship cov­er­ing tu­ition, ac­com­mo­da­tion and health­care, the Form 5 St Joseph Con­vent, San Fer­nan­do, stu­dent still needs ap­prox­i­mate­ly US$4,000 to make this once-in-a-life­time op­por­tu­ni­ty a re­al­i­ty.