MiraCosta College 2021 Annual Scholarship Awards Celebration

2O21 ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CELEBRATION

MiraCosta College Foundation Vision

Engaging the community to enhance the value and impact of MiraCosta College

President’s Welcome

Congratulations to our 278 scholarship recipients! Your determination, perseverance, and academic dedication is honored through this scholarship award. The MiraCosta College community is proud to support you in your educational journey. To our scholarship donors—I am enormously grateful for each of you. Your generous contributions have made it possible to award $260,000 in scholarships the first two weeks of the fall 2021 semester. Your commitment as a donor to MiraCosta College is needed now more than ever during such unprecedented, unpredictable, and challenging times. Your generous support helps remove the financial barriers that hinder college completion. It also provides important recognition, validation, and encouragement to our scholars. Congratulations to our well-deserving students on their many accomplishments and thank you to our donors for their investment in scholars and the future of our community. Warm regards, Sunita V.Cooke, Ph.D. Superintendent/President, MiraCosta College

Presentation of Scholarships

Scholarships are awarded in cooperation with the Financial Aid & Scholarship Office and the MiraCosta College Foundation. Thank you to our generous donors who continually provide vital scholarship support to students annually. 7

2021-2022 Annual Scholarships Adult High School Endowed Scholarship Tiauna Kroenke Anna L. Cardwell Endowed Scholarship Iman Bishay Oscar Silva Azizi Refugee Scholarship Abdul Haq Sultani Beckman-Matsui Family Foundation Scholarship Maria Anaya Gonzalez Jade Finch Dylan Jenkins Nicole Munoz Jocelyn Rogers Katrina White Bela Miko Endowed Scholarship Alma Cuevas Carter Plousha Bob Kitchin Endowed Scholarship Tate J. Frihinal Cristina Rangel Bobbi Williams Endowed Scholarship Ying Hui Amanda Ho 8

Bob Wilson RAFFY Scholarship Maria Anaya Gonzalez Gloria Jimenez Crystal Brown Anri Le Roux Jose Castro Nancy Macias Jade Finch Beau Mcleod Cruz Galvan Nicole Munoz Ashley Gerdo Jennifer Ramirez Dylan Jenkins Alona Sorensen Brooke Ellen Brummitt Non-Credit ESL Endowed Scholarship Leandra Lopez Brother Benno Foundation EOPS Scholarship Maria Anaya Gonzalez Dylan Jenkins Miguel Arellano Sr Gloria Jimenez Valeria Avila Saghar Bahrami Alissa Law Robert Bennett Anri Le Roux Crystal Brown Armando Leon Nancy Camargo Nancy Macias Jose Castro Reyna Martinez Beau Mcleod Sydney Contreras Macias Arianne Mendoza Joselyn De La Cruz Quiemari Mikes Jade Finch Ma Reyna Moreno Daisy Flores Krystina Freitas Ornelas Cruz Galvan Nicole Munoz Ashley Gerdo Quyen Nguyen Jenelyn Gonzalez Uyen Nguyen Angelique Green Alissa Quevedo Joshua Greer Jennifer Ramirez Alex Haskins Sheila Robles Jessica Hoffman Cecilia Silva Mo Hussein Joanna Valdovinos 9

Cal Coast Credit Union Service Learning Scholarship Mia Bustamante Samantha Campos Stephen Dykes II Makhi Williams-Kent Carlsbad Garden Club Scholarship Sossity Corby Allyson Hailey Soledad Noland Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club Foundation Scholarship Negar Farahbakhsh Lauren Honda Julia Rossman Wendy Siplyak Carol & Stuart Smith Scholarship Saghar Bahrami Zoe Gomes-Aviv Clare & Walter B. Taibleson Endowed Scholarship Carlos Garcia Clarence M. Jackson, Sr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship Vanessa Harper CLC Transition Scholarship Andrea Barajas 10

11

Col. Harry D. & Patricia G. L’Heureux (USAF Ret.) Endowed Scholarship Javier Ramos Jr David and Linda Quinby Endowed Scholarship Iman Bishay Nolan Dautremont Olga Henderson Gustavo Lopez David Falstrom Future Teacher Scholarship Grace McCullough Natalie Salgado David M. Jennings II Memorial Endowed Scholarship Vanessa Harper Delmer I. MacCracken Memorial Endowed Scholarship Allyson Hailey Donald Kavalec Endowed Scholarship Maximiliano Michel Siomara Ruiz Ramires Dr. Frances Montalvo Memorial Merit Endowment Scholarship Jose Navarrete Edward M. Paterson Scholarship Stephanie Gonzales 12

Elizabeth Reid Memorial Endowed Scholarship Ashkun Azizi Joshua Lim Kimberly Barrueta Haley Loving Araceli Luna Lorraine Beebe Cameron Martinez John Carlo Biglang-Awa Karen Matias Arce Sierra Montes Joel Borja Jr Abigail Ormand Giulia Cefalu Kasandra Rojas Nicolas Dautremont Jahon Shapouri Athena Delancett Katherine Sinsuan Christopher DeMille Savannah So’Oto Ashley Diaz Diego Soriano Elisabeth Dukes Abdul Haq Sultani Annel Echevarria Artemis Tsironis Natalia Flores Gonzalez Andrea Vargas Angel Garduno Castillejos Marisela Venegas Lexi Gutierrez Sophia Walzer Elizabeth Harrity Jayden Winfrey Andre Henry Adriana Zamora Edith Hernandez Emma Johnston Eric Leon Encuentros Scholarship Kevin Lechuga Eva Stjernfeldt and Alec Babiarz Endowed Scholarship Ali Dehbozorgi Francisco and Amelia Rodriguez Si Se Puede Scholarship Gladis Reyes Fred and Dean Metzger Endowed Scholarship Sean Dunivin 13

Fred Gardner Barnard Memorial Endowed Scholarship Shaina Joy Antonio Jasmine Rios Mira Carpurso Riley Saliba Ashley Sayles Shannon Eggendorf Sarah Sleipness Kendall Guzman Mana Tadayon Veronica Tingzon Cristian Marroquin Makhi Williams-Kent Niloufar Massrour Alexandria Ramseier Friends of Humanities Endowed Scholarship Jessica Sanchez Friends of Dance Scholarship Emmi Bissell Gaiser Family Endowed Scholarship Gabriel Bartoli Brian Legal Phillip Long Genentech Biotechnology Scholarship Ashkun Azizi Luis Orozco Myriam Barraza Alarcon Christopher Osborne Alberto Esparza Kellee Ramirez Robert Espinoza Ciara Reeve Christian Havsgaard Jaclyn Robaina Jayd Kowitt Julia Rossman Lilibeth Loumakis Catherine Ryan Esperanza Millan Daria Sharko Brittany Morrison Katherine Sinsuan Ana Toscano Chavez Esther Nair Geraldine Hill Memorial Endowed Scholarship Luis Carmona Luwam Hagos 14

Gigi Gleason and Family Scholarship Phillip Long Gratis Scholarship Arianne Mendoza Hank & Kathleen Jolly Memorial Endowment Scholarship Emily Better Daisy Flores Harold Carpenter Memorial Endowed Scholarship Eugene Auchinleck Harry J. Phillips Memorial Endowed Scholarship Wendy Siplyak Honoka Yoshizawa Henry J. Meier Memorial Scholarship Maria Rodriguez Horticulture Opportunity Match Endowment Scholarship Christina Bumann J. Arthur & Pauline Drielsma Reentry Endowed Scholarship Jessica Hoffman Jean McKee Mowrer Memorial Scholarship Giselle Esquer 15

16

Jean Tweedie Nursing Scholarship Karilyn Brayall Courtney Harville Trong Tuan Tran Jim & Nell Reed Memorial Scholarship Hyat Sherif Joe Maak & Pride Resource Partners, LLC Scholarship Gerardo Aparicio Colores John & Aileen MacDonald Endowed Scholarship Beau McLeod Zaira Moreno Alondra Valdez John & Mary Steiger Scholarship Adam Olson June Williams Endowed Scholarship Enrique Aguirre Karen Baum Scholarship Josue Navarrete Katalina Neal Ciara Reeve Karetas Family Endowed Scholarship Lizbeth Resendiz Darlene Tumino 17

Kathleen Rippberger Memorial Endowed Scholarship Catherine Back Reyna Barreto Emmi Bissell Stephen Dykes II Andrea Gomez Keith Broman Performing Arts Endowed Scholarship Bareq Aljuboori Kendra Keating Scholarship Miguel Castillejo Koree Scott Breanne Solis Kenneth and Marie Bertossi Jade Flores Wendy Medrano Dominique Flower Madelyn Rowe Jackylline Samuel Sadie Lemauga Britt Thompson Megan Licea Trong Tuan Tran Michael McInnis Knox Williams Endowed Scholarship Luna Azul Chacon Armando Leon Kuntz-Laughlin Endowed Scholarship Anri Le Roux La Jolla Garden Club Scholarship Sossity Corby Allyson Hailey 18

Larry Nugent Scholarship for Vets Jesse Zepeda LaVerne Schlosser Endowed Scholarship Casey Jacobs Leon Baradat Endowed Memorial Scholarship Anisa Ibnat Madison Logan LIFE at MiraCosta College Scholarship Ali Afshin Pour Jacob Ogle Gina Bucciarelli Erin Perzold Annette Flanery Christopher Sammis Micah Jernigan Madison Smith Alexandra Kelly Nicole Tchorzewski Azin Khanzadeh Paola Toledo Diaz Meadow McElroy Van Thu Tran Doren Angie Vega de la Cruz Maria Mozo Han Nguyen Rebecca Villalobos Celine Vuong Linda Fogerson Transforming Lives Endowed Scholarship Alondra Valdez Morales Lisa’s Golden Gourd Award Scholarship Ying Hui Amanda Hoe Kiana Sanchez Literacy Leader Program Scholarship Kenya Bradley Makhi Williams-Kent 19

Mara Lazdans Memorial Endowed Scholarship Keven Perez-Vargas Margaret Grace Servos Endowed Scholarship Eva Collier Mary Alice Bryant and Doris Peoples Scholarship Veronica Tingzon Marilyn and Stuart C. Wilson Endowed Scholarship Andrea Gomez Meisen Family Memorial Endowed Scholarship Kayla Yen Michael Holladay Endowed Memorial Scholarship—MiraCosta Classified Senate Sage Lee Military and Veterans Scholarship Christian Havsgaard MiraCosta Cares! Endowed Scholarship Maria Urdaneta MiraCosta College Academic Senate Endowed Scholarship Karilyn Brayall Sophia Gonzales 20

MiraCosta College Foundation Endowed Scholarship Summer Benavides Brianna De La Mora Alyssa Macias Sophie Parsons Patrick Zachery MiraCosta College Foundation General Scholarship Saige Afalava Maria Anaya Gonzalez Erika Monterroso Diana Rossi Charles Trevino MiraCosta College GANAS Scholarship Maria Castillo Gomez Paola Toledo Diaz MiraCosta College President’s Circle Scholarship Cody Henke Khanh huynh Emit Martinez Ramirez MiraCosta College Design Department Scholarship Rogelio Hernandez Mireille Rajah Memorial Endowed Scholarship Juan Jimenez Mission Hills Garden Club Scholarship Ying Hui Amanda Ho 21

Mort and Agatha Winski Scholarship Ashley Bohm Kenda Rauscher Ashley Diaz Carlos Rodriguez Jessie Grovom Andreena May Dominguez Alexis Michel Julia Rossman Ismael Ramos Monika Voutuv Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Mies Memorial Scholarship Kayla Cazares Nancy and Mark Winski Scholarship Robert Bennett Joshua Greer Anri Le Roux Monica Luong Natalie Vermilyea Endowed Scholarship Abram Sanchez Canseco Norman and Linda Levitt Scholarship Jose Castro Oceanside Pacific Kiwanis Foundation William Foran Scholarship Victoria Holley Olaf Peterson Memorial Endowed Scholarship Frances Messier Ongyod Endowed Scholarship Lauren Honda 22



Patricia and Mark Rudolph Endowed Scholarship Gerardo Aparicio Colores Monica Luong Heidi Armstrong Mackenzie McDaniel Cecelia Barajas Zalman Belkin Beau Mcleod Amber Brooks Madina Mehr Christina Bumann Alesi Meyers-Tuimavave Mia Bustamante Alexis Michel Dalya Centeno Mary Moedano Alma Cuevas Hanna Monaghan Bao Huy Dang Jenny Morales-Alfonzo Pamela Doig Zaira Moreno Vazquez Mario Flores Josue Navarrete Ashley Gipson Katalina Neal Courtney Harville Paola Ana Peralta Keven Perez-Vargas Ivan Hernandez Aquino Javier Ramos Jr Jessica Hoffman Patricia Rand Lauren Honda Elena Reynolds Grace Kieffer Jasmine Rios Gustavo Lopez Mana Tadayon Andrenae Tlachac Jessica Luna Benitez Pauline S. Drielsma Memorial Music Endowed Scholarship Alex Ashburn Jonathan Golding Project LIKE Scholarship Guadalupe Mendoza Cora Salmonsen Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC) Scholarship Jose Mendoza 24

Robert & Estelle Gleason Memorial Endowment Scholarship Gerardo Aparicio Colores Luis Carmona Aidan Gonzales Luwan Hagos Frank Valentine IV Robert Rodgers Memorial Endowed Scholarship Zalman Belkin Madison Nichols Kennetha Williams Safaralian Math Scholarship Jacob Andersen Bao Dang Pamela Doig Sally Foster Endowed Scholarship Charlotte Lindberg San Dieguito Woman’s Club Endowed Scholarship Julia Novoa Schneider Scholarship for International Students Askar Bashirov Emily Better 25

Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Scholarship Enrique Aguirre Armando Leon Catherine Back Maximiliano Michel Reyna Barreto Rico Carter Plousha Emmi Bissell Elena Reynolds Luna Azul Chacon Jackylline Samuel Abram Sanchez Canseco Brian Legal Sloan/Robertson Endowed Scholarship Riley Saliba Stephen “Hap” L’Heureux Endowed Baccalaureate Scholarship Esther Nair Audrey Stockdale Stephen “Hap” L’Heureux Dramatic Arts Scholarship Andrea Bullar Jose Mendez Susan Eckley Endowment Scholarship Aliaksandra Caporrimo Andrea Matias Arce Stewart F. Lind EndowedScholarship Cecelia Barajas Trans* Pride Scholarship Jennifer Rowe Saige Afalava 26

Umoja Continuing Student Scholarship Makhi Williams-Kent Umoja Transfer Scholarship Quiemari Mikes Waite Family Arts Scholarship Christian Havsgaard Walter P. & Elizabeth M. Balderston Memorial Endowed Scholarship Rocio Gutierrez Wilkinson Community Service Scholarship Mayra Apolinar Ashley Gerdo Katalina Neal Hayat Sherif Sarah Sleipness Brian Velasco Women’s Advisory Committee Endowed Scholarship Ciara Reeve Women’s Day Endowed Scholarship Antoinette Aguilar Ning Jia Jonathan Miguel 27



Osher Initiative for California Community Colleges Thank you to the following donors who established scholarships in partnership with the Osher Initiative for California Community Colleges. With your support, over $681,000 has been awarded since its inception. 29

American Association of University Women, Del Mar-Leucadia Branch Endowed Scholarship Ashley Gerdo Drue Knox Williams Endowed Scholarship Lucia Herraez-Gonzalez Monique Oliveros Emerson Network Power Endowed Scholarship Leila Manganti Andrade Eva Stjernfeldt and Alec Babiarz Endowed Scholarship Duy Khanh Van Goang Gail Prentiss Endowed Scholarship Maria Castillo Gomez Jenny Sanchez Genentech Endowed Scholarship Esperanza Millan Samuel Neuendorf Howard Charitable Foundation Endowed Scholarship Myriam Barraza Alarcon Jade Maceoghain Zsuzsanna Boston Beau Mcleod Alexis Collier Joshua Greer Thi Ngoc Anh Nguyen Cody Henke Uyen Nguyen Armando Leon Natalie Salgado 30

Joan C. King Endowed Scholarship Jose Chavez Kathy Dinh Alison Scott Joshua Kerrigan Honors Endowed Scholarship Sydney Contreras Macias Julius G. Raetz Endowed Scholarship Joshua Greer Lucy C. Hoskins Endowed Scholarship Nadine Nieves Margaret Eginton Endowed Scholarship Jacob Moore Martin Broad Endowed Scholarship Kellee Ramirez Matsui-Beckman Endowed Scholarship Angie Vega de la Cruz MiraCosta College Academic Senate Endowed Scholarship in honor of Noriko Kameda Luis Orozco MiraCosta College Associated Student Government Endowed Scholarship Devaney Rodriguez MiraCosta College Classified Senate Endowed Scholarship Gloria Jimenez Josue Navarrete 31

MiraCosta College Endowed Scholarship Daisy Flores Quiemari Mikes Agripina Motes Mana Tadayon MiraCosta College President’s Circle Endowed Scholarship Jose Castro Kristine Janae Javar Andreena Lamey MiraCosta College Women’s Advisory Committee Endowed Scholarship Gabriela Osio Nursing Endowed Scholarship Veronica Tingzon Osher Initiative for California Community College Students Endowed Scholarship Diana Atempa Cynthia Plascencia Shawn Eggendorfer Kendra Rivers Sarah Grueneberg Sheila Robles Montserrat Hernandez Jessica Surita Darlene Tumino Jaiden Onishenko Crystal Perez Edith Vasquez Zurita Devon Phillips Perla Verduzco Rose E. Nemeth Endowed Scholarship Rebecca Leach Samuel D. & Melinda L. Riccitelli Endowed Scholarship Cecelia Barajas 32

Science Endowed Scholarship Cong Huy Nguyen Sue Eckley Endowed Scholarship Sossity Corby Jerry David Jr Roberto Mendoza Aguilar Esther Nair Quyen Nguyen Ervin Pedersen Alexandria Ramseier 33

Medal of Academic Merit Recipients

MiraCosta College MEDAL OF ACADEMIC MERIT 2021 Medals of Academic Merit are awarded each year to those students nominated by the teaching faculty and having a minimum 3.75 GPA in degree-applicable courses. Breadth, depth and rigor of course­work are considered. It is the college’s highest academic honor. Christopher A. Burroughs Cherise Camacho Brittany Ann Engel Diego Alonso Luna Madison C. Rowe Thank you to generous donors like Union Bank and Rotary Club of El Camino who help make funding for the Medal of Academic Merit possible. 35

2021–2022 Annual Scholarship Awards Reading Committee

Robin Allyn Lindsey Oberoi Paige Babbitt Laura Olson-Bermudez Alec Babiarz Bruce Bandemer Beatriz Palmer Angelena Boles Karen Pearson Raye Clendening Dean Ramos Laney Collins Marisol Renovato Alison Cotter Valencia Saadat Donney Cummins Jr. Jerry Schneider Michael Dear Timothy Snodgrass Claire Ehrlinger Denise Stillinger Tori Fishinger Kimberly Troutman Rachel Garcia Jillian Ventrone Janice Kurth Sharon Wiback Hap L’Heureux Denise Nealon Vee Nguyen 37

MiraCosta College Foundation Board of Directors Alec Babiarz President Raye Clendening Vice President Matt Adams Julie Ames Bruce Bandemer Bill Cardoso Bessie Chin Jimmy Figueroa Greg Grajek Janice Kurth Hap L’Heureux Dave McGuigan Karen Pearson Val Saadat Sudershan Shaunak Tim Snodgrass Denise Stillinger Janet Wennes Sharon Wiback Karen Wilson

MiraCosta College Board of Trustees Rick Cassar President Anna Pedroza Vice President David Broad, Ph.D. William C. Fischer, Ph.D. George McNeil Frank Merchat Jacqueline Simon Alma Cuevas Student Trustee MiraCosta College Superintendent/President Sunita V. Cooke, Ph.D.

MiraCosta College shall provide access to educational programs and employment practices, and shall not discriminate based on accent, age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, disability, economic status, ethnic group identification, gender, sex, marital status, medical condition, national origin, parental status, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.