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URBAN SPOTLIGHT : Marissa Price Scholarship Success

URBAN SPOTLIGHT : Marissa Price Scholarship Success

My name is Marissa Price , and I am a first-generation college student from St . Peters , MO who will be joining the 2016 Teach for America-St . Louis Corps this summer . I originally applied for the Urban League scholarship during my freshman year at Saint Louis University after realizing how expensive textbooks could be ! I was elated when I was chosen to receive the scholarship during my junior year because it lifted the burden of paying $ 500 for textbooks each semester from my shoulders , and allowed me to focus primarily on the excitement that a new semester should always bring . Now as a senior at Saint Louis University , double majoring in Finance and African American Studies , I am incredibly grateful to the Urban League for providing me with this scholarship because it has made my time as a college student just a little bit easier and a lot more manageable .