The legacy of a student with a passion for music and travel

Andreas Florez was a talented young musician with a passion for travel. He graduated from RMIT in 2015, but just months later was diagnosed with leukaemia. He passed away six months later, just after releasing his debut EP.

The Andreas Florez Travel Scholarship for Artistic Excellence was established by the Florez family in 2016. The scholarship will enable a gifted music, film or design student to take part in RMIT’s Global Experience program to go on exchange and study overseas.

His mother Maria says: “We believe that education is a powerful gift that

impacts and transforms people’s lives. It contributes to shaping the world in making it a better place by promoting and supporting talent, knowledge and learning. We are deeply grateful to all who can support us in this cause, so dear to our heart.”

To enable this to become an annual scholarship the Florez family needs

$250,000. To date, thanks to the support of 122 generous people, we have raised $32,000.

You too can support Andreas’s legacy by donating to the scholarship, which aims to give this transformational opportunity to a talented student every year into the future.