
Student SPOTLIGHT
Karina Salcedo
As soon as Karina Salcedo set foot on the campus of Oral Roberts University, she knew
that it was where the Lord wanted her. “Once I stepped on [ORU’s] campus, I felt the
power of the Holy Spirit. I loved it so much!” She knew without a doubt that she had
to come to ORU.
Karina also knew that for her to attend ORU, the Lord would have to make a way. “I
wouldn’t have been able to afford college at all,” she said. She had enough scholarships
to attend another university, so switching to ORU was a huge leap of faith. When
she received the news that her tuition would be paid for by the Quest Whole Leader
Scholarship, she started to cry. When she was a little girl, her parents had told
her that they would not be able to pay for her education. For years, she prayed and
believed in faith that God would provide, and the Quest Scholarship became her answer
to prayer.
The Quest Whole Leader Scholarship changed Karina’s life, and she has a lot to say
about its impact: “This scholarship is a seed to be invested in the world’s best-of-the-
best leaders, the world’s leading attorneys, the world’s leading politicians, the
world’s leading evangelists, and missionaries, and pastors. At ORU, we are called
to be the most excellent in every single field, and we are called to reach the uttermost
bounds of the earth. Karina has big plans to impact thousands by bringing truth to
the justice system—someday, she dreams of becoming President of the United States!