Traci Gardner is the recipient of the 2012 Renaissance Scholarship. 

The scholarship is supported through an endowment fund at the DeKalb County Community Foundation started by Yvonne Johnson, a local educator who noticed the need for scholarship assistance for those presently working who want to begin, or return to school for a college degree.

The $1,000 renewable scholarship is awarded each summer to an eligible DeKalb County applicant. This year’s scholarship will help Gardner achieve her goal to pursue a career in nursing to work with emergent, trauma, cardiac and critical clients.