January 11, 2007

When I started my Graduate studies at William and Mary, I decided to start a non-profit organization Future Leaders Fund. I do not have much to give while I am in school, however, I felt that I should start giving something back to the society that has given so much to me. Starting in 2006, Future Leaders Fund gives out two scholarships a year to International Students. Eventually, my goal is to make it a full one year tuition scholarship for International Students. Please feel free to visit the website www.FutureLeadersFund.org.

September 17, 2000

Many people have asked me what is going to happen with Vicki's College Fund when I graduate. Is it going to disappear as if it never existed? Does its purpose end at helping me work my way through college?

The answer is no. Vicki's College Fund is not going to die. It will always live. My plan is for it to become a scholarship fund for students who want to study abroad and pursue a better education but are unable to do so for financial reasons. My experiences in America have dramatically changed my life and have influenced me in a way nothing else could. I have been given such an incredible opportunity to see the world from a unique perspective. I want other people to have the same chance.

Additionally, I want this Fund to serve as an example that No Dream Should Be Impossible. I want it to encourage people to strive for what they want and believe in.

Vicki's College Fund will continue. It will become a scholarship fund for International students. They do not have to be students from Russia coming to America. They may be students from Ukraine or Kenya, Chili or India, or anywhere else around the globe. It will not matter what country they are from; what will matter is who they are and what they want to achieve.