A proud moment for the nation as Candace Sara Siju, an Indian student based in UAE has been chosen for a Dh1m scholarship named after former Canadian PM and Nobel laureate Lester B. Pearson. She is among the top five of 37 global recipients of the scholarship that covers all the necessities such as tuition fees, residence costs, food, books, stationery, health insurance, incidental costs, and much more, for the duration of her undergraduate studies for four years.An avid reader and a dreamer of a career in journalism, Candace has also won some of the most prestigious awards such as the ‘Sheikh Hamdan Award’, ‘Sharjah Award’, and ‘Sheikha Fatima Award’, thanking UAE for opportunities that have helped nurture herself into the person she is today.