Johnny Agugliaro Scholarship Endowment

Joan Vaccaro, a research scientist, and adjunct lecturer in FIU's Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, established the Johnny Agugliaro Scholarship Endowment in honor and memory of her late brother. The scholarship will benefit outstanding undergraduate students who are single parents with financial need. Johnny was a dedicated family man who helped Joan through some of the toughest times in her life, even offering her a job painting his house when she was a single mother struggling to make ends meet. After the death of their father when Joan was 11, Johnny kept a watchful eye over his beloved sister and assumed the role of "man of the house." Over the years, the two shared many meaningful conversations about life and many laughs.

Johnny was an audio technician for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and he had a passion for writing music on his synthesizer and recording funny vignettes of family and friends. Joan hopes that Johnny’s love for his family can live on through this scholarship by helping single parents achieve their dreams of a university education. Gifts to the Johnny Agugliaro Scholarship Endowment will benefit the endowment operational fund to help award scholarships immediately.

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