SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEE BIOGRAPHY

Neville Green - 2008 YBPS TRIDENT SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

Neville Green was born in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1990. As a child he exhibited an eagerness to learn and the promise that the world was his to discover. At the age of six, he met the then Prime Minister, The Honorable Owen Arthur. At the invitation of the Prime Minister he visited his office, where Neville shadowed him for the day.

In 2000, Neville’s father fell ill to leukemia. This ailment would cause Neville’s family to migrate from Barbados to New York in hopes of preserving his father’s life. Neville would use the strong academic foundation he received at The Charles F. Broome Memorial Primary School in Barbados to propel him in the United States.

Neville was continuously on the principal’s list and honor roll. He numerous achievements include being inducted into the Yonkers Public Schools Superintendent’s Club 90 on several occasions, as well as selected in The National Honor Society and The National Business Honor Society. In 2008, Neville won the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” award.

Neville graduated from Lincoln High School as the top male in a class of 300. Neville now attends The City College of New York, studying Biomedical Engineering. He aspires to become an engineer and further his studies by achieving a MBA. Neville’s ultimate goal is to return to Barbados and establish a state of the art hospital capable of attending to patients with cancer, HIV, and other serious illnesses.

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