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Michigan law firm awards college scholarships to hard-working Detroit youth
DETROIT - Three graduates of Detroit's Western International High School will have a brighter future thanks to a generous contribution by Goren, Goren & Harris, P.C., a Bingham Farms law firm.
In order to celebrate its 35th year in business, the personal injury firm presented three college scholarships to underprivileged Detroit youth. Founding partner Robert Goren graduated from the school in 1948. Recently, he presented the scholarships at commencement.
A little bit of moral and financial support can have an amazing effect on a student's future, Goren said.
"The teachers and the counselors at Western High School were very supportive of me when I went to school, and I think they played a part in the fact that I did well in college and in law school," Goren said. "They made me realize that I was smart and I was capable, and gave me all sorts of opportunities to prove it.
"This is my way of giving back a little bit of the good that I had gotten from them."
The three scholarship recipients are (left to right): Melvin Johnson, Renee Perez and Maria del Rosario Lara.
Johnson will attend Fergus Falls Community College in Fergus Falls, Minn., where he will study criminal justice.
Perez will attend the University of Michigan, Dearborn. She plans to become an attorney and open up her own law firm.
"This really has encouraged me to stay focused and continue to further my knowledge in higher education," Perez said of the scholarship.
Lara will attend the University of Detroit Mercy, where she plans to pursue a career in either business management or elementary education.
In addition to grades, criteria for the scholarship included extraordinary character, triumph over adversity, and steadfast determination in the pursuit of higher education.
Goren hopes this small example of altruism will help encourage others to give what they can.
"If people help kids go to college, that's a wonderful investment as far as the future is concerned," he said. "It's a very small payment toward a better society."
