Goya Foods announced it will award academic scholarships to sons and daughters of company employees as the recipients of Goya’s annual Employee Scholarship Program and announced a new nationwide scholarship for graduating high school seniors interested in culinary arts and food sciences. An honorary reception took place at The Waldorf Astoria in New York City on Monday, October 17, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. for the award recipients and their families. The Goya Scholarship Fund is part of an initiative to honor Goya’s 75th anniversary and the company’s commitment to their employees and to higher education.

The scholarship recipients of the 2011-2012 academic year are Sarah Wimbush Bray, freshman at Lafayette College; Cristal Reyes, freshman at University of New Haven; Anthony Adolfo De la Rosa, freshman at New Jersey Institute of Technology; and Drazy Daybelis Medina, freshman at Northeastern University. Administered by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the nation’s largest leading Hispanic scholarship organization, applicants were selected based on academic achievement, leadership and financial need. In January of 2012, eligible students can apply for a $5,000 annual scholarship at www.goya.com/scholarships through The Goya Scholarship Fund. Applicants of the Goya Culinary Arts and Food Sciences Scholarship will be selected based on the standard requirements established by Goya and HSF as well as an evaluation of an essay explaining how Goya has enriched their family traditions.