From left: Jaime Gump, event coordinator for GEM Educational Foundation; Mona Canete, director of GEM Educational Foundation; Mark Holroyd, president of Everest College; and Octavia Lee.

Everest College, Skokie, IL – Lake Bluff resident Octavia Lee has received the GEM Educational Foundation (GemEd) scholarship for career pursuits in the healthcare industry.

Lee received the $1,000 scholarship in a surprise presentation and will use the funds to continue her medical insurance billing and coding program at Everest.

Pictured from left: Jaime Gump, event coordinator for GEM Educational Foundation; Mona Canete, director of GEM Educational Foundation; Mark Holroyd, president of Everest College; and Octavia Lee.

Lee received the scholarship on the basis of an essay she wrote and her transcripts.