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The 2025 Future Leader Scholarship Winners

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Generations Federal Credit Union is happy to announce the recipients of the 2025 Future Leader Scholarship, who will each receive a one-time $4,000 award for education expenses. Our scholarship program is designed to support students who have demonstrated their commitment to academic achievement and community leadership.  

These scholarship recipients shared instances where their leadership required them to demonstrate collaboration and teamwork to achieve a common goal. We’re proud to award and recognize these future leaders within our community.  

Congratulations to this year’s three scholarship winners (listed in alphabetical order) for their achievements to date. We look forward to their future accomplishments! 

The 2025 Future Leader Scholars:

Victoria Acosta 
Texas State University – San Marcos
Education 

Mariam Chokor 
The University of Texas at Austin
Chemical Engineering 

Aleena Shaji 
The University of Texas at Austin
Statistics and Data Science 


GFCU Scholarship Designations

Aleena Shaji
Robert “Bobby” Guerra Memorial Scholar
Aleena Shaji is recognized as the Robert “Bobby” Guerra Memorial Scholar in recognition of her commitment to community involvement. Aleena serves on the Bibliotech Student Advisory Council to help promote digital literacy initiatives, she mentors young musicians as the Liturgical Choir Leader at her church, and she has coordinated, organized and led two Breast Cancer and Health Fair Symposiums to raise awareness about healthy living and disease prevention within the community.  

Victoria Acosta
Leroy Harvey Honorary Scholar
Victoria Acosta is recognized as the Leroy Harvey Honorary Scholar in recognition of her dedication to education. Victoria is majoring in Education at Texas State University to fulfill a life-long goal of becoming a teacher for young children. She worked as a Youth Leader Instructor for Pre-K and Kindergarten at Northside Independent School District and also led the development of a school project that incorporated music into early childhood learning, advocating the importance of music and arts into children’s education. 

Thank you to our Judges!

Generations FCU would like to thank our panel of judges, listed below, for their thoughtful consideration and review of all scholarship applications. We appreciate their support in recognizing the next generation of leaders in our community! 

Hugh Farr
Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Antonio 

Letty Gonzales 
Generations Federal Credit Union 

Yvette Gutierrez
GAO 

Kelly Herbert
Bue Cares – San Antonio Police Officers’ Association 

Det. Willie Hooten
San Antonio Police Department 

Kristina Lockridge
Generations Federal Credit Union 

Sharon Samelson Massiatte
MECA 

Gina Murray
San Antonio Fire Department

Glenn Revell, M.Ed.
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine