Sponsoring Success; Celebrating Women
Grant programs are funded and promoted by sponsors of the OWA. A panel, selected by the OWA and the sponsor, will choose finalists and winners are awarded cash grants that celebrate and help further the success of women in the optical industry.
ClearVision-Adira Grant Program
The program, funded by a donation from ClearVision in alignment with the launch of its women’s brand, Adira, awarded five grants in 2024 and two grants in 2025 — each for $2,000. A panel selected by the OWA and ClearVision chose the finalists, with OWA members casting the final vote to determine the winners. Essays are anonymized during the voting process to ensure fairness.
Past Honorees
Grant Recipients
"I applied for the OWA Adira Grant to turn a long-standing idea into action: creating a high school outreach program to raise awareness about opticianry as a meaningful and accessible career. Receiving the grant gave me the support and encouragement I needed to move from idea to action. It’s helped me grow not just as a professional, but also as a leader and advocate in the industry with even more commitment to mentoring future opticians and helping grow the profession."
— Judy Quinones, LDO, ABOC-AC, NCLE
"I applied for the grant because I wanted to start raising more dementia awareness for everyone as well as bring it to the surface in our industry. My Father worked as an Optician until he was 93 and in a car accident. This split-second ended his career due to a traumatic brain injury and changed our lives instantly. After 5 years he is now in the late stages of dementia symptoms caused by the TBI. What changed was it made me realize there is a huge need and interest in raising awareness. While this is a big project, the Adira Grant gave me the last push to make it happen."
— Karen Michaelson, ABOC
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2025 Adira Grant Winners
Tiffany Rosell
Aubri St. Clair
2024 Adira Grant Winners
Danielle D. Crull Michelle Kelley
Karen Michaelson, ABOC
Amy Moy, O.D., FAAO, CPCO, FNAP
Judy Quinones, LDO, ABOC-AC, NCLE