BankUnited teams up with Miami Heat
Business
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
BankUnited in Miami Lakes joined the Miami Heat Charitable Fund to award $25,000 in scholarships to five high school graduates.
The seven-year partnership has helped students who excel at academics and community service, the bank said.
Lisa Shim, the bank’s executive vice president and head of consumer and small business banking, called the Class of 2020 “resilient” and said it was important that “we continue to come together and find ways to support them on their path of learning.”
The graduates, who each won $5,000, are:
--Logan Alvarez, Miami
Southridge Senior High School;
--Tatiana Barnes, Miami
Country Day School;
--Isabel Armedilla, Marine Academy of Science and Technology;
--Anyeli Pro, Coral Reef
Senior High School and
--Eklia St-Leger, William H. Turner Technical Arts High School.
--Linda Trischitta