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Leslie Allen, Keeper of the Arthur Ashe Legacy

Leslie Allen is a retired American tennis player and keeper of the legacy of tennis champion, Arthur Ashe through the Arthur Ashe Foundation.

The mission of the foundation is HIV/AIDS education. The foundation carries out its primary mission by training medical professionals from around the world in the latest protocol at Cornell Medical Center.

Money for the Arthur Ashe Foundation has been raised at the U.S. Open for the past 21 years by selling tennis artifacts and many are signed by tennis players. The donated tennis products can also be purchased by bidding on the foundation website, www.ArthurAsheAIDSendowment.org.

Also at the U.S. Open, the Arthur Ashe Kids Day is exposing a lot of kids to tennis, Arthur Ashe's legacy, and to fun.

Ms. Allen represents the top 20 tennis players as a member of the World Tennis Association's board.

Through her organization, Win 4 Life (www.LeslieAllen.net), Ms. Allen introduces young people to the behind-the-scenes careers in tennis. Every year, she also has young people working the Arthur Ashe Foundation booth at the US Open.

WATCH VIDEO WITH LESLIE ALLEN

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Arthur Ashe Sports Ball a Fundraiser for High-Achieving Health Sciences Program

VIDEO: Leslie Chang and 14 Other Scholars Feted at Arthur Ashe Sports Ball 2012

What's The 411's correspondent, Andrew Rosario, covered the Arthur Ashe Sports Ball 2012, an annual event held at Chelsea Piers to benefit the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health. Andrew spoke with many luminaries and dignitaries starting with Dr. Mary Valmont, Associate Director for Health Science Education, Health Science Academy, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health (AAIUH) and scholarship winner, Leslie Chang.

Dr. Valmont enlightened us about the Health Science Academy's health sciences program. AAIUH partnered with SUNY Downstate to provide a science enrichment program for college-bound high school students. The Health Science Academy's health sciences program is an intensive, high-achieving health sciences program serving 180 students who attend anatomy and physiology courses such as reproductive and cardio- vascular. They also attend gross anatomy labs and other science-oriented demonstrations. Students participate in the program for three years, attending once a week for 13 weeks over six semesters. The Health Science Academy boasts a 98 percent college admission rate with most of its students going on to medical school, graduate school, and doctoral programs.

Leslie Chang, a scholarship winner at the Arthur Ashe Sports Ball 2012, received $1,968 symbolic for the year Arthur Ashe won the U.S. Open for the first time. Chang started with the Health Science Academy as a sophomore and plans to attend college to study biomedical engineering. Chang learned about the program from a teacher who spotted his great achievement in chemistry.

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