Women in Focus honors the legacy of our late founding member Dr. Virginia Henderson with an annual memorial scholarship in her name.Dr. Henderson was instrumental in creating our organization in 1983. Under her leadership, Women in Focus created its lasting mission of encouraging students of color to succeed in education. This mission inspires the work of WIF as we continue to award our scholarships.
The first scholarship recipient was Dija Manly, who started Stanford University as a freshman in 2019, working on a degree in biomedical engineering.
Please see our tribute to Dr. Henderson under the About WIF tab on this website.