The NY Grace LeGendre Endowment Fund Inc (GLEF) is pleased to announce the four winners of our 2026 Fellowships:

• Michaela Daniel, Masters in Global Affairs, New York University
• Natalie Turner, Masters in Mental Health Counseling, Baruch College
• Mereena Jolly,  DO Psychiatry, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Valerie Hernandez, Masters in Event Management, New York University

Each will receive a sum of two thousand dollars ($2000) to supplement education costs for the 2026-27 academic year.

Since its incorporation in 1989 through 2026, the NY Grace LeGendre Endowment Fund Inc (GLEF), has awarded over $219,500 in fellowships to 179 NYS women. Of these, one hundred twenty-two were working toward a Master’s and fifty-seven toward a doctorate. They were enrolled in sixty-two different fields of graduate study. Applications for the 2027 Fellowship Awards will be available in Fall 2026. Four Fellowships of $2000 each will be awarded to supplement education costs for the 2027-28 academic year.