LIVE YOUR DREAM
Live Your Dream: Education & Training Awards for Women
Soroptimist's Live Your Dream Awards program is a unique education award for women who provide the primary financial support for their families. The Live Your Dream Awards give women the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects.
Soroptimist's Live Your Dream Awards program is a unique education award for women who provide the primary financial support for their families. The Live Your Dream Awards give women the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects.
2025 AWARD WINNERS
Congratulations to Our Soroptimist Live Your Dream Award Winners!
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of this year’s Soroptimist Live Your Dream Award—three incredible women who have demonstrated resilience, determination, and a commitment to creating brighter futures for themselves and their families. These outstanding individuals Perri, Sierra and Riki have overcome challenges and pursued their educational and career goals with unwavering perseverance. The Live Your Dream Award provides them with financial support to help achieve their aspirations, and we couldn’t be prouder to celebrate their success.
Why three award winners? We had a last minute generous donation which allowed us to award a third recipient.
Please join us in congratulating these inspiring women as they take the next steps toward their dreams!
#LiveYourDream #Soroptimist #EmpoweringWomen
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of this year’s Soroptimist Live Your Dream Award—three incredible women who have demonstrated resilience, determination, and a commitment to creating brighter futures for themselves and their families. These outstanding individuals Perri, Sierra and Riki have overcome challenges and pursued their educational and career goals with unwavering perseverance. The Live Your Dream Award provides them with financial support to help achieve their aspirations, and we couldn’t be prouder to celebrate their success.
Why three award winners? We had a last minute generous donation which allowed us to award a third recipient.
Please join us in congratulating these inspiring women as they take the next steps toward their dreams!
#LiveYourDream #Soroptimist #EmpoweringWomen
Riki McClain pictured in the center with her family and Soroptimists, Marlene Everding and Bev Herbert from the Lake Oswego/West Linn chapter.
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Perri Brumble pictured with her daughter accepting the award from Marlene Everding.
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Sierra Conroy pictured with her family and Soroptimists, Marlene Everding and Bev Herbert from the Lake Oswego/West Linn chapter.
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2024 AWARD WINNER
We received numerous applicants for our 2024 Live Your Dream Award. As a reminder, the eligibility requirements were as follows. Our first place winner was Lilija Katlaps (pictured above with her children) and our second place winner was Kati Ana Urie-Dubois. Additionally, Lilija went on to receive an additional Northerst Regional award of $2,000.
- Provide the primary financial support for themselves and dependents. Dependents can include children, spouse, partner, siblings or parents;
- Have financial need;
- Are enrolled or have been accepted to a high school equivalency, vocational, technical, or undergraduate degree program.
- Are motivated to achieve their education and career goals.
2023 AWARD WINNER
L to R: Maylorie Townsend, Diana Delcampo, Brenda Andersen
Diana Delcampo is winner of our Live Your Dream award. Her dream career is doing bookkeeping and tax preparation. Her goal is to work and gain experience as an income tax preparer and bookkeeper and eventually open her own practice. With her own practice she can more freely help her community, especially those who struggle with language barriers. She decided to go to college knowing that having a degree and certificates in higher education will get her to her dream job.
