NYC Law Firm Opens Applications for Sixth Annual Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship Fund
Scholarship honoring the life of a 14-year-old boy with autism offers students high education opportunities
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2021 Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship celebrates the life of Avonte Oquendo, a 14-year-old boy with autism who tragically drowned in the East River after wandering off from his school in Queens, NY, undetected. The scholarship awards $5,000 to a student on the autism spectrum or a student who has a close family member with autism to pursue higher education, a cause important to the firm and to the family of Avonte.