MS SC543

Yasmine Ware of Madison, Mississippi, selected as one of 54 nationwide 2025 Harry S. Truman Scholars, receiving up to $30,000 for graduate study in public service

University of Mississippi senior studying International Studies, Chinese, and Global Security Studies; member of Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and Stamps Scholar; graduate of Madison Central High School

Founded Yasmine's Warehouse in 2019, a multimedia platform for storytelling, and created documentary "The Mound Bayou Memoirs" examining one of America's first all-Black towns; presented research at Harvard Law School

Interned with U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, studied nuclear disarmament at the United Nations, examined nuclear strategy at NATO Headquarters in Belgium, and served as media correspondent at the White House

Plans to spend one year in Washington, D.C., one year in China, then attend law school to specialize in heritage preservation, development, and security strategy