Dear future me


Photo: Thomas Elliott, one of ten recent recipients of the Carolina Family Scholarship, stands with his mother Joanneke Elliott inside Davis Library.

“The additional money makes a difference in the kind of environment where I can do my best, in where I can live and what kind of food I can buy.”

In response to his Carolina Family Scholarship application prompt, Thomas Elliott ’19 told his future self in a letter not to “…put money before yourself or those you love.”

As one of 10 new Carolina Family Scholarship recipients, the 20-year-old sophomore seems well along the path he foresaw.

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