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Karsheika Graves Memorial Scholarship

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Karsheika Graves Memorial Scholarship Established in 2018 by Karlyn LeBlanc aunt of Karsheika Graves, this scholarship will be awarded to a single mother demonstrating a financial need for assistance with completing an accredited college program.     Done in memory of a beautiful, young, intelligent woman, Karsheika Graves was a single mother who lost her life tragically in a school shooting. Graves, a nursing student, was a victim of a violent act which happened while she was actually attending a class in her nursing program. She was a 21-year-old single mother of two girls when this occurred. The $1000 scholarship will be awarded annually, this year the date is August 31, 2019 at the Royal Divas ball in Atlanta. The 2020 deadline to apply and submit supporting materials for the Karsheika Graves Memorial Scholarship is July 31, 2019, by 12:00am (midnight) EST . Eligibility - Minimum 3.0 GPA - Female - Single mother - Full-time student enrolled in coll