Event Speakers
Lulia T.
Class of 2022
At DePaul Prep, Lulia participates in a number of extracurricular activities including the Track and Field team, the Speech Club, and Cup of Joe (the school's online news show). Additionally, Lulia serves as a school Ambassador, the Captain of the Mock Trial team, and is a proud member of the Black Student Union.
At DMSF, Lulia has participated in the selective Murphy-Schmitt leadership program for the past three years.
Lulia feels honored to serve as this year’s Award Ceremony speaker and is excited to share her perspective and experiences with the incoming class of Murphy Scholars!
Ngozi O. Ezike, MD
Dr. Ngozi Ezike is a board certified internist and pediatrician. Prior to her role at the Illinois department of Public Health, she served for 15 years with Cook County Health promoting the organization's mission of delivering integrated health services with dignity and respect regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.
More recently, as Medical Director at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, she was instrumental in implementing the facility's health policies as the first step of many for coming out of federal receivership and achieving national accreditation for the detention center.
Dr. Ezike graduated with honors from Harvard University with a concentration in chemistry. Her medical degree is from University of California at San Diego. She completed her internship and residency at Rush Medical Center where she is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. She also earned a management certificate from Harvard Business School.
Ngozi O. Ezike, MD
Dr. Ngozi Ezike is a board certified internist and pediatrician. Prior to her role at the Illinois department of Public Health, she served for 15 years with Cook County Health promoting the organization's mission of delivering integrated health services with dignity and respect regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.
More recently, as Medical Director at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, she was instrumental in implementing the facility's health policies as the first step of many for coming out of federal receivership and achieving national accreditation for the detention center.
Dr. Ezike graduated with honors from Harvard University with a concentration in chemistry. Her medical degree is from University of California at San Diego. She completed her internship and residency at Rush Medical Center where she is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. She also earned a management certificate from Harvard Business School.
Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton
Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton serves as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. In this role, she leads the Justice, Equity and Opportunity Initiative, chairs the Illinois Council on Women and Girls, the Governor’s Rural Affairs Council, the Military Economic Development Council and the Illinois River Coordinating Council.
Lieutenant Governor Stratton’s entire career has focused on bringing people together and solving problems. She started her own consulting firm concentrated on alternative dispute resolution and served as an administrative law judge for several government agencies. As a lifelong advocate for youth, Lieutenant Governor Stratton is a restorative justice practitioner and trained peace circle keeper.
She previously served as Director of the Center for Public Safety and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago, focused on improving public safety and building stronger communities. Lieutenant Governor Stratton was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. She is the proud graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and DePaul University’s College of Law.
This "confetti letter" is an example of the Award letter aspiring Murphy Scholars receive when they learn of their acceptance into our program. Though it may be a mess to clean up, it is also unforgettable.
We are so excited to welcome our newest Scholars into the DMSF family!
We are so excited to welcome our newest Scholars into the DMSF family!
From our celebration last year...
