Mission & Inspiration
Our mission is to provide college funding for students with learning disabilities. The Katara Scholarship Foundation is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2013 by Tamara Walker and Keilah Evans. Katina Williams, daughter of Tamara and a college student at Barry University, has ADHD and Dyslexia; she attends Barry University in order to take advantage of a school program called Center for Advanced Learning which aids students with learning disabilities to become successful in college.
Tamara, President, is pictured above.
Tamara and Keilah fought very hard to pay for Katina's College education through fundraising activities, and there were many other parents faced with this same issue of providing funding for their children. As a result the Katara Scholarship Foundation was started.
Tamara, Katina, and Lajuanaki are pictured above.
There are 11 top colleges and universities in the United States that have programs for students with learning disabilities. Most of these schools are expensive, private schools making them unaffordable to the average person. The short term goal of the Katara Scholarship Foundation is to help at least ten students pay for college within the next 2 years. The long term goal is to create a program like Center for Advanced Learning Center in less expensive colleges.
All major degrees are supported by the Katara Scholarship Foundation, making it different from other scholarship foundations, such as Rise and Annie Ford, which only help high school seniors and the Buckley Moss Society, that provide scholarships for students that are already in college and majoring in Special Education. The Katara Scholarship Foundation also helps students that have recently graduated from high school and are already in college.
Katina is pictured above.