Westwood Resident Wins Scholarship From Legacy Place

Montrose School senior and Westwood resident Sofia Conte recently earned a $1000 scholarship through the Literary Legacy Scholarship program sponsored by Dedham’s Legacy Place. To win, she interviewed a manager at Anthropologie.

The competition matches students from within a 10 mile radius of Legacy Place with a Legacy Place business where they are asked to interview the manager and write an article on what they learned. Conte is passionate about STEM subjects and plans to pursue a degree in engineering next year.

According to the Legacy Literary site:
"Every year Legacy Place hosts a scholarship contest, in which High School Juniors and Seniors within a 10 mi radius can apply for a scholarship. Approved students will be paired up with a Legacy Place business in which they will interview a manager and write a thoughtful article about their learnings. We are happy to award three students with a $500 or $1,000 scholarship based upon their article submissions."

Three scholarships were awarded in all, totaling $2,000. Victoria Horard, Senior at Dedham High School was awarded 2nd Place and $500 for her piece on Peloton and Saffiya Coker, Senior at Noble & Greenough in Dedham took home 3rd Place for her article on GAP.

Photo courtesy of Legacy Place.