MiraCosta College 2020 Annual Scholarship Awards Celebration

2020 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 275 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 $266,250 in scholarships the first two weeks of the fall 2020 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

2020-2021 Annual Scholarships Adult High School Endowed Scholarship Elizabeth Gonzalez Lorenzo Lopez Anna L. Cardwell Endowed Scholarship Sumie Ingram Stephanie King Esperanza Millan Arnold Rice Memorial Scholarship Aamirah Syed Bela Miko Endowed Scholarship Charles Trevino Bernardo Gardeners Scholarship Matthew Lee Betty Yost LIFE Endowed Scholarship Evan Moore Bob Kitchin Endowed Scholarship Maria Murillo-Cervantes Bob Morin Music Endowed Scholarship Tate Josiah Friginal 8

Bobbi Williams Endowed Scholarship Sossity Corby Brooke Ellen Brummitt Non-Credit ESL Endowed Scholarship Ruby Ascencio Nicole Stevens Carlsbad Garden Club Scholarship Frances Messier Soledad Noland Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club Foundation Scholarship Michael McInnis Carol & Stuart Smith Scholarship Kendra Rauscher Chick and Hazel Mensching Memorial Scholarship Karilyn Brayall Clare & Walter B. Taibleson Endowed Scholarship Michael Conway Maria Castillo Gomez Micaela Hecht Clarence M. Jackson, Sr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship Zaakirah Syed 9

Col. Harry D. & Patricia G. L’Heureux (USAF Ret.) Endowed Scholarship Jose Chevalier Daisy White Drummond Endowed Scholarship Camilla Jacobsen David and Linda Quinby Endowed Scholarship Ali Awarke Askar Bashirov David M. Jennings II Memorial Endowed Scholarship Diego Soriano Delmer I. MacCracken Memorial Endowed Scholarship Daniel Garberg Donald Kavalec Endowed Scholarship Julia Moreno-Christian Dr. Frances Montalvo Memorial Merit Endowment Scholarship Christian Garcia Morales Edward M. Paterson Scholarship Israel Perez Elizabeth Reid Memorial Endowed Scholarship Nancy Camargo Luna Azul Chacon 10

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Encuentros Scholarship Jose Becerra Eva Stjernfeldt and Alec Babiarz Endowed Scholarship Lucine Nercessian Francisco and Amelia Rodriguez Si Se Puede Scholarship Jose Mendez Entrekin Fred and Dean Metzger Endowed Scholarship Michael Yarush Fred Gardner Barnard Memorial Endowed Scholarship Hamzah Al Hamadani Ruslan Issel Brittany Allen-Robertson Kareem Maaz Dalila Moedano Ashley Avalos Monique Morales Josefina Ayala Aliyah Stewart Adrian Vargas Anita Bigby Leslie Estrada Fred and Louise Krivoski Endowed Scholarship Victoria Erickson Gaiser Family Endowed Scholarship Aaron Estevez Arturo Michel Jr. Gender Sexuality Alliance Scholarship Jade Maceoghain 12

Geraldine Hill Memorial Endowed Scholarship Adrian Cardenas Gigi Gleason and Family Scholarship Lani Lee Gratis Scholarship Tara Villapando Hank & Kathleen Jolly Memorial Endowment Scholarship Darshan Davis Harold Carpenter Memorial Endowed Scholarship Jose Castro Jennifer Chastain William Dabbert Darsey Smart Kennetha Williams Harry J. Phillips Memorial Endowed Scholarship Ryan Anderson Henry J. Meier Memorial Scholarship Mia Page Herman Tarver Memorial Scholarship Alexis Collier Horticulture Opportunity Match Endowment Scholarship Alex Belcastro 13

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J. Arthur & Pauline Drielsma Reentry Endowed Scholarship Jenelyn Gonzalez James C. Esch, M.D. and Family Scholarship Allen Badawi Elizabeth Irvin Cristian Martinez Michael McInnis Kara Stampfli Jean McKee Mowrer Memorial Scholarship Rosa Bautista Eduwina Javier Elizabeth Serrano Garcia Jean Tweedie Nursing Scholarship Elizabeth Irvin Jim & Nell Reed Memorial Scholarship Wen Yan Zhang Joe Maak & Pride Resource Partners, LLC Scholarship Guadalupe Enriquez John & Aileen MacDonald Endowed Scholarship Mika Ince Karina Lopez Ian Saavedra John & Mary Steiger Scholarship Sierra De Los Santos 15

June Williams Endowed Scholarship Krystina Freitas Karen Baum Scholarship Quang Pham Karetas Family Endowed Scholarship Arturo Angeles Jr. Genevieve Geissel Kathleen Rippberger Memorial Endowed Scholarship Alejandra Chavez Lopez Bryan Hernandez Arianne Mendoza Denisa Petricko Kathy Herd Scholarship Alma Jimenez Keith Broman Performing Arts Endowed Scholarship Natalia Arnold 16

Kendra Keating Scholarship Erin Amrein Joshua Greer Woodrow Jackson Jr. Savannah Jugasek Brandy Leforce Kayla Neff Kenneth and Marie Bertossi Anita Bigby Rozanna Gorji Knox Williams Endowed Scholarship Victoria Juarez Kuntz-Laughlin Endowed Scholarship Ashley Gerdo La Jolla Garden Club Scholarship Christopher Burroughs Ying Hui Amanda Ho LaVerne Schlosser Endowed Scholarship Matthew Lee Anthony Puccinelli Leon Baradat Endowed Memorial Scholarship Gabriela Osio Bonnie Sanchez 17

LIFE at MiraCosta College Scholarship Leila Andrade Erika Rosario Kari Brayall Julia Rossman Tsuyoki Sato Areli Castellanos Carreno Daria Sharko Jenn Deharo Katherine Sinsuan Wendy Splayk Dawn Ashley Lagmay Maria Urdaneta Armando Leon Joanna Valdez Castro Esperanza Millan Brandy Williams Promise Yee Hanna Monaghan Uyen Nguyen Lavonniee Pyant Linda A. Koelkebeck Memorial Merit Endowed Scholarship Sydney Contreras Macias Linda Fogerson Transforming Lives Endowed Scholarship Joy Vivar Lisa’s Golden Gourd Award Scholarship Ashley Sayles Margaret Grace Servos Endowed Scholarship Ava Geasland Marilyn and Stuart C. Wilson Endowed Scholarship Jonathan Cline Meisen Family Memorial Endowed Scholarship Andres Orozco 18

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Michael Holladay Endowed Memorial Scholarship—MiraCosta Classified Senate Kelle Ramirez Military and Veterans Scholarship Aaron Estevez Concetta Garcia-Anderson Michael McInnis MiraCosta Cares! Endowed Scholarship Daniel Gerla MiraCosta College Academic Senate Endowed Scholarship Maria Castillo Gomez MiraCosta College Foundation Endowed Scholarship Christopher El-Hajali Elizabeth Gonzales Nicholas Reyes MiraCosta College Foundation General Scholarship Rowena Castilla Stephen Dykes II Monica Luong Emit Martinez Ramirez Devynn Wakefield MiraCosta College Design Department Scholarship Khanh Huynh 20

Mireille Rajah Memorial Endowed Scholarship Britt Thompson Missions Hills Garden Club Scholarship Suzanne Dantas Albagli de Almeida Mort and Agatha Winski Scholarship Julie Astorga Josefina Ayala Janet Fuentes Ashley GErdo Jenelyn Gonzalez Paul Hampson Hongfang Li Jovanhy Martinez Quyen Nguyen Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Mies Memorial Scholarship Haley Sisk Nancy and Mark Winski Scholarship Alexia Laffin Uyen Nguyen Alexandria Reed Natalie Vermilyea Endowed Scholarship Evan Aguirre 21



North County Orthopaedic Specialists Scholarship Iman Bishay Peter Click Sierra De Los Santos Victoria Erickson Cathy Le Sarah Rosas Veronica Tingzon Norman and Linda Levitt Scholarship Monica Martinez Nursing Opportunity Match Endowed Scholarship Bonnie Blackburn William Dabbert Sierra De Los Santos Rebecca Leach Oceanside Pacific Kiwanis Foundation William Foran Scholarship Lorena Paringit Olaf Peterson Memorial Endowed Scholarship Alexandria Harding On & Phat Ha Scholarship Eric Guerra Palomar District California Federation of Women’s Clubs—Hazel Erickson Teaching Scholarship Esther Son 23

Patricia and Mark Rudolph Endowed Scholarship Jimmy Adame Olga Henderson Brayan Altamirano Duy Khanh Van Hoang Daphne Arellano Alexandra Kelly Valeria Avila Anri Le Roux Sherni Azad Valeri Leon Allen Badawi Amir Bakari Narnajo Jesus Nazareth Martinez Myriam Barraza Meadow McElroy Van Patricia Bingham Doren Iman Bishay Alejandro Medellin Isabella Carlos Vega Frances Messier Yuri Castilho Agripina Motes Maria Chavez Katalina Neal Mia Daggett Kristina Quandt Manuel Diaz Ismael Ramos Shawn Eggendorfer Marlene Reyes Ramirez Alberto Esparza Maria Rodriguez Anita Friedrich Andrea Romero Ezra Gonzalez Naomi Schnorenberg Celeste Guidotti Yidan Sun Daniel Gurvis Thu Tran Taylor Hall Kylie Valency Pauline S. Drielsma Memorial Music Endowed Scholarship Christopher Peay Makhi Williams-Kent Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC) Scholarship Gregory Richardson Richard & Martha Witz Endowment Scholarship Beau McLeod 24

Robert & Estelle Gleason Memorial Endowment Scholarship Esther Nair Gladis Reyes Natalie Salgado Robert Rodgers Memorial Endowed Scholarship Maria Carillo Gil Erika Espinoza Ivy Topzand Route 78 Rotary Club Scholarship Gustavo Escobosa Yocelyn Hernandez Aurora Iglesias Gabriela Jimenez Victor Navarrete Sally Foster Endowed Scholarship Sean McKinnell Samuel Hugh Bowen Memorial Endowed Scholarship Audrey Jacobson San Diego Floral Association Roland and Ethel Hoyt Scholarship Ying Hui Amanda San Dieguito Woman’s Club Endowed Scholarship Jan Zawislanski 25

Schneider Scholarship for International Students Daniel Garcia Celine Vuong Scott Fallstrom Math Believer Award Endowed Scholarship Madisyn Miller Sloan/Robertson Endowed Scholarship Michael Almaria Stephen “Hap” L’Heureux Dramatic Arts Scholarship Haley Canaletti Jose Mendez Entrekin Susan Eckley Endowment Scholarship Christopher Burroughs Yaneyry Delfin Martinez Brendan Devlin Alan Fattarini Nolan Fell Huy Nguyen Angie Vega de la Cruz Bin Wang Tadokoro Peace Scholarship Aime Salomon Trans* Pride Scholarship Brenna Hughbanks 26



Tri-City Healthcare District Board of Directors Scholarship Emily Carter Sedillo Shane Alexandra Harding Heather Thompson Edward Hirahara-Noriega Ivy Topzand Jamie LeSage Janette Torres Farieba Mehr Lindsey Truman Quang Pham Tara Villapando Jonathon Richards Stacey Wilson Jessica Sampson Tri-City Medical Center Outpatient Behavioral Health Scholarship Rebecca Leach Umoja Continuing Student Scholarship Courtney Harville Umoja Transfer Scholarship Kadijah Bin Sadiq Abdulmateen Veterans Scholarship Andres Orozco Waite Family Arts Scholarship Concetta Garcia-Anderson Walter P. & Elizabeth M. Balderston Memorial Endowed Scholarship Britt Thompson 28

Women’s Advisory Committee Endowed Scholarship Quyen Nguyen Women’s Day Endowed Scholarship Wilo Ahmed Brianna Bayston CHerise Camacho Sossity Corby Helen Highland-Coslow Marciela Sandoval 29

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 $550,000 has been awarded since its inception. 30

American Association of University Women, Del Mar-Leucadia Branch Endowed Scholarship Ashley Gerdo Drue Knox Williams Endowed Scholarship Lucia Herraez-Gonzalez Emerson Network Power Endowed Scholarship Jorge Ramirez-Ibanez Eva Stjernfeldt and Alec Babiarz Endowed Scholarship Heather Hough Gail Prentiss Endowed Scholarship Jillian Winkoff Genentech Endowed Scholarship Esperanza Millan Samuel Neueundorf Howard Charitable Foundation Endowed Scholarship Hussein Alhamadani Liliana Mendoza Diana Castro Uyen Nguyen Ashley Cooper Tuba Omar Valeria Estrada Kirra Harrison Pheleep Sidhom Beau Mcleod Phillip Sullivan Andrea Willis Joan C. King Endowed Scholarship Edgar Castellanos Jose Chavez Kathy Dinh 31

Joshua Kerrigan Honors Endowed Scholarship Yocelyne Hernandez Julius G. Raetz Endowed Scholarship Paul Krupski Chastity Suttle Lucy C. Hoskins Endowed Scholarship Candi Salazar-Jackson Margaret Eginton Endowed Scholarship Whitney Royal Soleil Martin Broad Endowed Scholarship Shawn Glass Matsui-Beckman Endowed Scholarship Montserrat Hernandez MiraCosta College Academic Senate Endowed Scholarship in honor of Noriko Kameda Luis Orozco MiraCosta College Associated Student Government Endowed Scholarship Bonnie Blackburn MiraCosta College Classified Senate Endowed Scholarship Heidi Gomez MiraCosta College Osher Endowed Scholarship Meredith Cruz Francisco Manuel Hernandez Agripina Motes 32

MiraCosta College President’s Circle Endowed Scholarship Jose Castro Dominique Cleveland Janet Fuentes MiraCosta College Women’s Advisory Committee Endowed Scholarship Gabriela Osio Osher Initiative for California Community College Students Endowed Scholarship Amanda Armstrong Theory Murff Nicholas Divari Adolfo Naranjo Samaun Nejad Shawn Eggendorfer Devon Phillips Fatima Ezzaouia Sheila Robles Pourya Joulapour Darlene Tumino Mayra Martinez Andrea Moron-Solano Rose E. Nemeth Endowed Scholarship Rebecca Leach Samuel D. & Melinda L. Riccitelli Endowed Scholarship Adriana Perez Ruiz Sue Eckley Endowed Scholarship Brianna Aguilar Jose Eduardo Hernandez Rosas Jovanhy Martinez Roberto Mendoza Aguilar Ervin Pedersen Angel Ramirez 33

Medal of Academic Merit Recipients

MiraCosta College MEDAL OF ACADEMIC MERIT 2020 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. Ahmad Abbasi Zsuzsanna Dianovics Emiliia Dyrenkova John LaRue Sarah Schmidtler 35

2020–2021 Annual Scholarship Awards Reading Committee

Robin Allyn Dee Jaykus Terez Anderson Janice Kurth Amber Ansari Hap L’Heureux Denise Nealon Paige Babbitt Vee Nguyen Alec Babiarz Lindsey Oberoi Bruce Bandemer Laura Olson-Bermudez Angelena Boles Bea Palmer Bill Cardoso Dean Ramos Raye Clendening Marisol Renovato Laney Collins Val Saadat Alison Cotter Jerry Schneider Donney Cummins, Jr. Tim Snodgrass Michael Dear Claire Ehrlinger Rita Soza Jimmy Figueroa Denise Stillinger Tori Fishinger Rachel Garcia Janet Wennes Greg Grajek Sharon Wiback Shaye Huggins Edwina Williams Syndee Wood 37

MiraCosta College Foundation Board Alec Babiarz President Raye Clendening Vice President Matt Adams Julie Ames Bruce Bandemer Nina Cacioppo 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 David Broad, Ph.D. Vice President William C. Fischer, Ph.D. George McNeil Frank Merchat Jeanne Shannon Jacqueline Simon Raquel Parizeau, Student Trustee MiraCosta College Superintendent/President Sunita V. Cooke, Ph.D.