About The Littenberg Family
The Littenberg family consists of Abe, Linda, and Matthew. They started this scholarship in recognition of the lasting impact that the University of Maryland community has left on their family.
About The Fund
Through the generosity of the Littenberg Family, the Littenberg Family Scholarship Fund was established in 2013 to provide critical financial support for at least one junior or senior with a preference to students majoring in Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park who may be unable to continue their education at the University due to extenuating financial circumstances. Abe, Linda, and Matthew Littenberg started this scholarship in recognition of the lasting impact that the University of Maryland community has left on their family. Together the Littenberg family wanted to ensure that students pursuing advanced degrees had the support they needed to continue their studies and excel while at Maryland.
Meet Our Scholars
Alexia Lazo Sorto’s experience at Maryland has been a phenomenal one as an undergraduate student. With the many student lead clubs and organizations UMD has to offer, Alexia has been able to get involved in many different places around campus. She is currently involved in Public Health Beyond Borders, Students Engaged in Public Health, and Maryland Cru. Starting this year Alexia will also be leading a bible study with other co-leaders for freshmen who are seeking community in faith. She hopes to pursue more Public Health opportunities during her time at Maryland and is very interested in pursuing a higher education in Epidemiology & Biostatistics.
Alexia Lazo Sorto (2024-2025 Scholar)
Past Scholars
Arya Roshanian (2023-2024 Scholar)
Arya Roshanian is a Maryland native and grew up not too far from the College Park campus. As a kid growing up, he was very interested in the world around him, and that exhibited itself as enrolling in many STEM classes and clubs. As he grew up and started to pursue college, Arya’s passion really started to dial back in on computers. Computers have always been fascinating to him and he wanted to learn what makes them tick down to the minute details. At UMD he has been fortunate enough to engage in that exact dream and fully intend to graduate with at the very least a computer engineering degree.
Blair Smith (2019-2020 Scholar)
Blair is a senior in bioengineering within the A. James Clark School of Engineering. She is currently working as a lab intern at the USDA Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory throughout the school year, before graduating in May. Upon receiving her bachelors of science degree, she plans to work in bioinstrumentation at a medical devices company.
Samitra Harrington (2017-2018 Scholar)
Samitra is a current Junior majoring in Sociology. Her future plans include researching implicit biases within law enforcement. She plans to graduate with a Masters in Sociology and join Americorps.
Brianna Mae Murphy (2016-2017 Scholar)
Priyanka Bhasin (2014- 2015 Scholar)