STOCKBRIDGE — Victoria Colon Lopez is one of three recipients of the Nella D. Jackson Memorial Scholarship established by the Ohio-based Sister Accord Foundation, and as an immigrant from Puerto Rico she encompasses the very concept behind the foundation’s existence.

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Victoria Colon Lopez

The organization aims to change the way girls and women treat, support, and interact with each other. It is a concept that the Woodland High School graduate was cognizant of as she entered her sophomore year at Agnes Scott College.

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Victoria Colon Lopez and her grandmother, Alma Benitez.
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Victoria and her mother, Ivelisse Lopez.
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