Lupita Nyong’o surprises 40 students with $10K scholarships

The 39-year-old actress appeared at NAACP’s ACT-SO Awards and presented the scholarships to students who were part of the year-long programme aimed at high school students across the US, which promotes growth in subjects like business, visual arts, performing arts and culinary arts.

As reported by ABC, she said on stage: “Since I was a child, I have always had big dreams, and my education has played a huge part in helping me realise them. As reported by ABC, she said on stage: “Since I was a child, I have always had big dreams, and my education has played a huge part in helping me realise them.

“I’ve always loved learning and I believe that learners change the world. The 40 scholarships were funded through a partnership with cosmetic brand Lancôme, which counts Lupita among its brand ambassadors.

She added: “I am so thrilled to join Lancôme, on behalf of their Write Her Future Scholarship Fund, to award this incredible group of women with these game-changing scholarships.”

The actress – who was born to Kenyan parents Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o – previously hailed her mother and aunts as her “idols” growing up. She said: “I grew up with a very strong and close family, so my idols were a lot of my relatives, especially my aunties and my mother.”

The Academy Award winner went on to cite classic films such as “The Sound of Music” and “The Color Purple” as memorable movies from her youth, noting that seeing “dark-skinned” women like herself act had a “big impact” on her childhood.

She added: “When it comes to film and TV, I was madly in love with ‘The Sound of Music’. Fräulein Maria (played by Julie Andrews) was my idea of the perfect governess I wish I had.

Source: IOL

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