{"id":36586,"date":"2025-07-18T14:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=36586"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:43:07","slug":"future-finance-leader-honoured-with-chambers-business-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/future-finance-leader-honoured-with-chambers-business-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Future finance leader honoured with Chamber\u2019s Business Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Isabelle DiPasquale dedicated her high school career not only to academics, but giving back to the Cardinal Carter Catholic High School community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, as she looks towards her post-secondary education with an eye to developing a career in finance, DiPasquale is doing so with an extra boost of confidence from the local business community after she was awarded the Aurora Chamber of Commerce\u2019s Business Scholarship, sponsored by Lenard Lind Realty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She explored scholarship and grant opportunities to help end her high school career on the highest of notes, and said the program offered by the Chamber struck a chord because \u201cit\u2019s really amazing how they like to support young people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI decided to apply on my own without telling anyone, and I just did it because honestly I didn\u2019t think I would get it, but I wanted to do it right,\u201d she tells The Auroran. \u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity to give back to your community and to be supported by such an amazing organization that\u2019s willing to do this for young students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DiPasquale says she\u2019s always had a passion for business and sought opportunities to flex these muscles during her time at Cardinal Carter. She became involved with the DECA business competition before too long, dividing her extra-curricular time between this, being a part of her school\u2019s Leadership Committee, and writing for her school newspaper as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giving back didn\u2019t get put onto the backburner when summer came around. Last summer, she balanced volunteer commitments at Toronto\u2019s SickKids Hospital with an internship at a business here in Aurora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBusiness is what I wanted to do because it gave me so many different opportunities to give back and to lead a group of people, and it just provides so many opportunities,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m really hoping to become involved in the business community in the future in the same way it has supported me now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next step towards that future goal is attending Western University in the fall, looking towards the Ivey School of Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat stood out to me the most [with Western] is their case study method,\u201d she says. \u201cWhen I was involved in DECA, it\u2019s a business competition that is case study-based. I learned so much from that way of learning and I\u2019m more of a hands-on learner in that sort of way. I thought that Ivey at Western is very, very similar in the way they teach small class sizes and case study-based learning and teaching. This is how I feel I will learn the best in my university studies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She might not be \u201c100 per cent decided\u201d on her career path following university, she says she\u2019s interested in the entrepreneurial and leadership side of things, with a particular focus in finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am really looking to make a difference and contribute to the community as a whole in whatever capacity that might be,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m not exactly sure what it may be yet, but I am really excited to see what ends up happening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPersonally,\u201d she continues, \u201cwhen I first started high school, I never imagined I\u2019d be here, so I would say to [students getting ready to enter high school this fall] to not be afraid to put yourself out there and go for opportunities. When I first started high school, I was a very shy, quiet girl, and I would never imagine I’m in the situation I am now and the reason why that occurred was because a teacher of mine pushed me to go up for the leadership program at my school. I became a leader in my Grade 10 year, which is very unlikely for students because it usually happens in Grade 11 and 12. After that experience, I completely came out of my shell, I made lots of connections through my community, and not even just in my school [but] in my community, I was able to meet and talk and build so many great connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid to put yourself out there to try to go for opportunities that you may not think you get, because you never know who’s watching, or you never know what’s going to come out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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