{"id":3387,"date":"2025-04-04T18:32:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/national-esea-distinguished-schools\/2244-autosave-v1\/andrea-safadi\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:10:17","slug":"andrea-safadi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2025-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/andrea-safadi\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Safadi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Andrea Safadi\" class=\"grid\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med grid-item-fixed picture\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/safadi_andrea_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Andrea Safadi\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med grid-item-fixed nomination\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"scholar_nomination_statement\">Nomination Statement<\/h2>\n\t\tAndrea, the daughter of Eman and Gamil Safadi from Madaba, Jordan, is an exceptional student known for her unwavering dedication, ambition, and thoughtfulness. A natural leader, she consistently strives for excellence. Ranked second in the Class of 2025, Andrea has earned more than 10 college acceptances and received more than $300,000 in academic merit scholarship offers. Andrea plans to major in nursing or medical laboratory science, with the goal of pursuing a career in the medical field. She will attend the University of Delaware, where she will continue making a meaningful impact in the lives of others in healthcare.\n\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med logo\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/glasgow_high_school-1.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Glasgow High School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;My parents have been my motivation and inspiration for success spanning from my education to personal experiences. 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