In the press

Featured in major outlets for helping students go to college for free.

Sierra Perosa's work in the scholarship space has been covered by the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo Finance, Disney's blog, and BBC Radio.

Wall Street Journal article: One Student's Quest to Save $350,000 and Go to NYU for Free

The Wall Street Journal

One Student's Quest to Save $350,000 and Go to NYU for Free

The Wall Street Journal profiled Sierra's path through New York University, following how she stacked scholarships, grants, and institutional aid to cover an annual sticker price of roughly $75,000. The piece set her story against the broader gap between what private colleges list and what families actually pay, and framed the work of finding awards as a near full-time job in itself.

Yahoo Finance

She dreamed of NYU but not the $75K annual price tag, how this 24-year-old Las Vegas native amassed a $350K war chest to make it happen

In February 2025, Yahoo Finance ran a piece by Victoria Vesovski recounting how Sierra pieced together more than $350,000 in scholarships, grants, and institutional aid to attend NYU at a sticker price of roughly $75,000 per year, without taking on student debt. The article also covered the broader gap between college sticker prices and what families actually pay. Yahoo did not interview Sierra for the piece; it's built on the Wall Street Journal's original reporting, with details and quotes drawn from that earlier story.

Life at Disney

Disney UNCF Corporate Scholars named for 2022 cohort

In April 2022, the Life at Disney blog announced the year's class of Disney UNCF Corporate Scholars, the scholarship program Disney runs in partnership with UNCF (the United Negro College Fund). The post introduced the new cohort of named recipients, who receive scholarship funding alongside mentorship and internship opportunities at Disney. Sierra Perosa was among the scholars named in the post.

BBC Radio

Interview on BBC Radio

Sierra Perosa joined BBC Radio to talk about the scholarship space, the most common financial-aid mistakes students make, and the systemic reasons unclaimed scholarship money sits on the table every year. The conversation covered her years in the field and practical advice for any family approaching the college process for the first time.