PHCC 2023 Tulie Phillips Scholarship Recipient: Shekina St Louis
This Year the Pine Hills Community Council, Inc., awards the Annual Tulie L. Phillips Endowed Scholarship to Shekina St Louis, Evans High School graduate class of 2023. Shekina graduated Evans High School with a 4.3 GPA and will be attending Valencia College in the Bridges to Success Scholars Program majoring in Criminal Justice with the desire to attend Law School following her undergraduate experience.
Shekina is a active student leader as a member of the United Foundation of Central Florida, Inc. - Future Leaders United After-School Enrichment and Mentoring Program, National Society of High School Scholars, Elevate Orlando, Evans Senior Class, Gospel Choir, Evans High Marching Band, just to name a few.
About the Tulie L. Phillips Endowed Scholarship
Tulie Lucretia Phillips (1931-1997) was secretary and then president of the Pine Hills Community Council. Her energy and focus helped to revitalize the Council, giving it a sense of purpose and tangible objectives. She was a tireless community advocate. She tended the Pine Hills booth at the Central Florida Fair, worked as a realtor in her brokerage firm (Contemporary Real Estate and Investments, Inc.), and was a member of the Faith Lutheran Church. She served on the Orlando-Winter Park Board of Realtors as chair of the Professional Standards Committee and the Committee on Equal Opportunity. Tulie was named to the Princeton Hospital Council on Aging in 1996 and then to the Orange County Code Enforcement Board. She coordinated numerous community events bolstering pride among the residents of Pine Hills. She remains a positive force for improvement in the community and a continuing source of inspiration.
About The Pine Hills Community Council, Inc. (PHCC)
PHCC was founded in 1972. We are a 501(c)(4) nonprofit civic organization. We invest our efforts directly in our community and promote its interests at the county, state, and national levels to assure the continued vitality of a unique, family-friendly, safe place to live, work, and play.