Eileen Kraus Scholarship Awardee 2021

We are pleased to announce this year’s Eileen Kraus Scholarship Awardee, Viktoria Wulff-Andersen. Viktoria’s winning essay highlighted Jane Pauley, one of America’s most respected journalists, who has blazed new trails throughout a broadcast career spanning more than four decades.

Viktoria Wulff-Andersen is a 17-year-old student and journalist from Danbury, Connecticut. At Danbury High School, she is a model student, standing as salutatorian and the resident of the National English Honor Society, National Math Honor Society, Model UN, and Video Production Club. Outside of school, she serves as an educational ambassador for AMBYESE and an alumni board member for the International Youth Volunteer Corps. Her passion for leadership and writing has allowed her to be published in over 10 different news sources (including the YRIS) and become the editor-in-chief of her school's newspaper, literary journal, and yearbook. She has won numerous awards for her accomplishments - from the Connecticut Governor’s Scholar Award to the Western Connecticut Superintendent Award. Viktoria hopes that her diligence will continue at Duke University, where she plans to study Political Science with a certificate in Journalism on her path to becoming a criminal defense attorney and freelance journalist.

For more information about Eileen Kraus, visit her Inductee page here.