In 1998, Rashida Hodge came to Raleigh, North Carolina, with a dare to dream beyond the St Thomas Island where she grew up. The path she took via North Carolina State University led her to Microsoft today. But she did not forget her humble beginning in the Virgin Islands, a US territory. And now she decided to link her home with North Carolina State through a $1 million endowment with the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands. This will send one to two students from Virgin Islands to NC State each year with all costs paid -- something that Rashida could only dream of when she was in high school. She had to cobble together scholarships to study in North Carolina but her endowment includes all -- full tuition, fees, housing and mentorship for up to four years.
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