# @rhodeislandcollege on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2021-01-20T15:45:38.000+00:00

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Meet the newest class of #MirandaScholars! 
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Three years ago, superstar Lin-Manuel Miranda established a scholarship at Rhode Island College to support first-generation and underrepresented students in the performing arts. Each two-year scholarship pays $3,000-$5,000 per year to talented rising juniors and seniors interested in careers in music, theatre or dance.
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This year's recipients are: alexisvonmaluski, a junior dance major; Assel Sat, a junior music performance major; and Georgerinna Farley (g.qfx) , a junior theatre performance major.​​
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"I began dancing when I was very young, performing tinikling – the Philippine national folk dance – with my mother, who is Filipino, and my titas [aunts] at family gatherings and festivals around the state," says Alexis Von Maluski. It's no surprise, then, that Von Maluski's aspiration is to teach a wide variety of dance styles to youth around the world. She particularly wants to give back to the Filipino community and work in the Philippines.
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Assel Sat is an international student from Kazakhstan (the former Soviet republic), whose childhood home was often filled with music. "My father always wanted his daughter to become a musician," she says, "so, when I was age six, he enrolled me in the Kazakh Specialized Music School for Gifted Children." Her hope is to remain in the United States and get a permanent position with a symphony orchestra.
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RIC alumna Viola Davis is one of Georgerinna Farley's favorite actresses and major role models. Like Davis, Farley's goal is to become a professional actress in film and television. "Growing up I didn't see a lot of representation of African American woman in film and television," she says, "so actresses like Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer have been a great inspiration to me." She intends to use her Miranda scholarship to travel to auditions for films produced in the New England area and to pay for professional headshots.
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