Temple University

Ashley Carey  Ashley Carey earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2023 at Temple University Biography Ashley Carey was born in northern New Jersey and lived there until third grade, when she and her family relocated to Monroe, a large suburban town in the central part of the state. The oldest of three children, Carey has…

DR. ELISA CANEPA Elisa Canepa earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2022 at Temple University Biography Elisa Canepa was born and grew up in Genoa, Italy, a city on the Ligurian Sea. At the age of six, she discovered that she loved playing volleyball. Her passion for the sport carried well into her early adulthood,…

Dr. Silvia Fossati Dr. Fossati is the inaugural Toffler Scholar at Temple University. Biography Born and raised in a small town in Tuscany, Italy, Dr. Silvia Fossati describes her childhood as idyllic. From a very young age, she loved discovering new things and experimenting. She knew early on that she wanted to be a scientist…