Announcing the 2025 DANB/DALE Foundation Scholarship Recipients
Top, left to right: Barbara Lindsay Haggard, Mannal Amjad, Alissa Bunton, Victoria Valencia, Amelia Martinez de Fuentes, Ebany Chan, Julia Trejo, Samantha Bonilla. Bottom: Aaliyah Street, Bethany Noriega Salazar, Britney Miranda Pena, Aman Cheema, Diana Contreras Monteserin, Anastasiia Biermaier, Liana Karamyzova, Angela Patterson, Luckma Tracy, Breah Crissler.
Nineteen dental assistants were selected to receive the 2025 DANB/DALE Foundation Scholarship. Recipients received between $250 and $1,000 to further their education, earn credentials, and support their communities.
These recipients were selected out of nearly 600 applicants from across the country. This was a record year for the number of applications received, as well as the number of recipients chosen and funds awarded. DANB and the DALE Foundation are thrilled to help more dental professionals reach their career goals.
The DANB/DALE Foundation Scholarship was established to support aspiring and early-career dental assistants in their careers, providing funds to enable them to enter and grow within the dental assisting profession.
2025 DANB/DALE Foundation Scholarship Recipients
Mannal Amjad of Morrisville, North Carolina
Maryana Baulus of Glendale, Arizona
Anastasiia Biermaier of Merrifield, Minnesota
Samantha Bonilla of Erie, Pennsylvania
Alissa Bunton of Seeley Lake, Montana
Ebany Chan of Lowell, Massachusetts
Aman Cheema of Vienna, Virginia
Breah Crissler of Belcourt, North Dakota
Amelia Martinez de Fuentes of Leominster, Massachusetts
Barbara Lindsay Haggard of Phoenix, Arizona
Liana Karamyzova of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Diana Contreras Monteserin of Avondale, Arizona
Angela Patterson of Harlem, Georgia
Britney Miranda Pena of Huntingburg, Indiana
Bethany Noriega Salazar of Lake Stevens, Washington
Aaliyah Street of Newark, Delaware
Luckma Tracy of Honolulu, Hawaii
Julia Trejo of Van Wert, Ohio
Victoria Valencia of Tucson, Arizona
DANB and the DALE Foundation offer several scholarships to help dental assistants and other dental professionals advance their careers and reach their goals. Learn more.