Scholarships
Our Mission
At Cape Canaveral Pen Women, our mission is to promote art and creativity in our community. We aim to provide a platform for emerging artists and offer opportunities for everyone to experience and appreciate the arts.
2027 Arts Scholarship award
Scholarship in Arts
The Cape Canaveral Pen Women branch will be offering our 2027 scholarship in Arts. This award will be judged on artwork samples provided in the application process.
2026 Scholarship Winner
Rachel Waller
We are proud to announce and present the 2026 scholarship winner, Rachel Waller.
Rachel is a senior at Viera High School and plans to pursue a degree in forensic science. She hopes to one day write an intricate crime mystery novel.
Rachel has managed many life changes already, with family moves and added siblings. She also faced these moves and issues during the pandemic. She turned during those times to writing and reading to both find comfort and self-reflect.
Rachel has had many interests throughout her life, including ice skating and reading. She credits her mother's insight to focusing her love of forensic shows into the college plans, but knows there might be a time when she returns to writing and we certainly hope there is a book in her future!
We certainly think we made a wonderful choice in Rachel and wish her well in her journey.
2025 Scholarship Winner
Laken Daniels
The Cape Canaveral Pen Women are proud to present the 2025 Scholarship winner, Laken Daniels.
Laken is a senior at Satellite Beach High School. She is pursuing a degree in musical theater this fall. It is Laken's desire to improve her skills in both dance and performing arts to better connect to others.
Laken has chosen this path after years of involvement in dance, and performances that range from local theater productions to school productions. She has a passion for performance and music. She hopes to explore all aspects of performance art, including writing, direction and production. She is active in local theaters and her school theater program.
Throughout her life she has explored various aspects of music, dance and theater, starting a very young age with her mother. She has received formal dance and voice training and clearly finds her joy in performing. She hopes someday to be a part of a broadway production.
We at Cape Canaveral Pen Women loved her story, we marveled at her voice as she treated us to a performance of "I'd rather be Sailing". We wish her well and we know, "We knew her before the fame."
2024 Scholarship Winner
Ella Benson
The Cape Canaveral Pen Women are proud to present the 2024 Scholarship winner, Ella Benson.
Ella Benson is a senior at Titusville High School. She is pursuing a
Bachelor of Architecture degree at the University of Tennessee beginning in the Fall of
2024. It is Ella's hope to specialize in sustainable design in a respected urban architecture
design firm with global influence. It is her intent to focus upon international projects and
their positive impact on local communities.
Ella is a hard-working student who seeks rigor in academics as exemplified
through 8 AP classes and 15 honors classes. She is always open to adventure and new
opportunities. Ella's poise, reliability and dedication as a student leader is demonstrated through steadfast commitment to her clubs, honor societies, orchestra and Best Buddies
commitments throughout the past 4 years. Ella is currently the Vice President of the Titusville HIgh School National Honor Society and 4 year member/3 year officer of the Best Buddies International club
chapter.
As an active community volunteer, Ella has registered 445 volunteer service and mission
hours while completing many more. She is the recipient of school and sport academic
recognition for maintaining a consistent 4.0 GPA all 4 years. Ella has received recognition
from our school, city, county and College Board for academic achievements.
Throughout her life, Ella has pursued creative hobbies such as art, music, and writing. Her
education and career goals are to express creativity, build deep connections within our
world, and find career success while still doing what brings her joy.
We at Cape Canaveral Pen Women loved her story, the artwork she shared with us at our May meeting and can't wait to see her work.
Ella's work will be on display at two local venues first at the Pizzeria Gallery and Grill and also at at the Art Gallery of Viera. Both are located in the Avenues of Viera.
2023 Scholarship Winner
Tiara Henry
The Cape Canaveral Pen Women's 2023 Scholarship recipient in Letters is Tiara Henry.
Ms. Henry is a delightful 17-year-old high school student who found a love for writing at the tender age of nine. Exploring the fandom culture of the Warriors children's book series expanded to essays, short stories, and more.
"Writing kept me afloat in an otherwise stressful and bleak environment," said Ms. Henry, referring to the pandemic shutdown of 2020.
The talented Ms. Henry is currently working on an original SciFi/fantasy novel, although her immediate focus is completing her college education, where she will major in Mathematics and minor in English/Creative Writing.
We at Cape Canaveral Pen Women loved her short story presented at our May meeting and can't wait to read her book!
2022 Scholarship Winner
Colleen Jordan
The 2023 Cape Canaveral Pen Women scholarship will be awarded to Miss Colleen Jordan.
Colleen Jordan, who will graduate in the spring of 2023, attended Sebastian River High School, however, home-schooled her senior year.
She began her interest in music at a young age, eight years old in fact, when she attended the musical Annie. She spent most of that year signing the songs from either that musical or Phantom of the Opera. She has, over the years, expanded her musical talent to include playing the guitar, the piano and the 5-string banjo.
When she learned she was to be this year’s recipient, Colleen could barely contain her excitement, saying, “I was ecstatic! Not only because of the scholarship, but because the award came from a group of strong, talented, independent women.. I am truly honored.”
What are her future plans? She intends to apply to Julliard School of Music, as that has always been her dream, but there are other schools on the list. The final pick will be lucky to have her.
We, at Cape Canaveral Pen Women congratulate Colleen and wish her all the best as she reaches for her dreams!
Past Winners of the Cape Canaveral Pen Women scholarship
