The Ogunyemi Family Foundation, Inc. established the Wisdom, Strength, and Endurance Scholarship to provide underrepresented minority students the opportunity to pursue higher education by alleviating and/or eliminating the financial barriers to the student’s success.  According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 69.7% of 2016 high school graduates had enrolled in college by October 2016.  The college enrollment rates of African Americans and Hispanic/Latinos during 2016 was 58.2% and 72% respectively.  Lower income students can only afford to attend roughly 3% of colleges in the U.S.  without a loan.  The scholarship seeks to award students who have triumphed in the face of adversity, not allowing circumstances to separate them from achieving their dreams.