This is the sixth award made from the Elaine Gordon Endowment. Ivanessa Arostegui is the seventh recipient of the Elaine Gordon Endowment annual scholarship program. The Elaine Gordon Scholarship program was established in 2000 to honor the life and work of Elaine Gordon, a former state legislator who for 22 years championed equal rights for women and who also served as assistant vice president for University Relations at FIU. The scholarship is open to Women's Studies majors or certificate earners. The amount of the scholarship award was $1,500.