Yonkers Student Maiya Coleman Awarded Scholarship To Study In Germany

YONKERS N.Y. -- Maiya Coleman, a student at Yonkers High School has been awarded the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange scholarship, which covers a year of study and cultural immersion in Germany.

Maiya Coleman, who attends Yonkers High School, is one of only 50 students in the Northeast to receive this prestigious scholarship.
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by Jason Bisnoff

07/21/2015 7:00 p.m.

The program is operated under funding by the U.S. Department of State and administered in the Northeast United States by AFS-USA, a worldwide nonprofit student exchange organization.

Coleman will be spending the 2015-16 academic year living with a German host family and attending a local high school.

She will serve as a “youth ambassador” from the United States for the academic year, while participating in educational, cultural and political events, including receptions and meetings with both German and American government officials.

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