Mary Louise Nisperos Wittkopf
2025-2026 Industry Certification Program
From San Diego, CA
Mary Louise Nisperos Wittkopf
$2,000 Jack H. and Ruby Lucas Endowed Scholarship sponsored by USS JACK H. LUCAS COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE Recipient

College:

Evergreen Beauty College

Major:

Esthetics

Academic & Extracirricular Highlights:

  • 3.547 College GPA
  • Degree in Finance Awarded from DePaul University
  • Navy Spouse

Quotes:

Words can only do so much to capture the gratitude and validation I feel from receiving this scholarship. For someone like me to have another chance to build a life I thought would only exist in my dreams, this opportunity means the world to me. I am immensely thankful. There have been moments when I second guessed myself; when I wasn’t sure I was doing the right thing stepping away from a career I’ve built for 6 years. This gave me the courage and confidence to keep forging this new path for myself. Receiving this scholarship goes beyond financial support, this is a new beginning for me and my family.

I hope to get to a place where I am able to pay this forward. To give someone else an opportunity to build the life they dream. From my heart to yours, thank you for being a part of this turning point in my life.

~  Mary Louise