Exceptional Scholars’ List

These students from Los Angeles and Orange counties were among those selected statewide as 1989 “Exceptional Scholars” by the Youth Opportunities Foundation. Colleges listed are those declared by students in YOF applications.

NAME HIGH SCHOOL CLASS RANK Kevin Angeles Arroyo Upper 2% Manuela Cornejo Banning 1% Ricardo Soliz Jr. Banning 3% Rutely Condo Bell 2% Virginia E. Genao Bell 1% Noe Guerrero Bell 1% Brad Lee Shong Bell 1% Laura V. Lopez Bell 1% Ingrid L. Olmedo Bell 1% Amber Palma Bell 2% Janet Torres Bell 1% Jody J. Perez Bell-Jeff 1% Oscar O. Rivas Bell Gardens 1% Maribel Rodriguez Bell Gardens 1% Jorge A. Fuentes Belmont 2% Chantel Zepeda Belmont 1% Laura M. Diaz Birmingham 6% Dennise M. Lite Bishop Alemany 4% Marcia Nogueira Bishop Alemany 1% Miriam Diaz Leon Bishop Amat 2% Dwane S. Finlay Bishop Amat 3% Denise M. Sandoval Bishop Amat 3% Katrina Archuleta Bishop Montgomery 4% Daniel Camberos Bishop Montgomery 2% Marta E. Jara Bishop Montgomery 4% Julianne Millar Bishop Montgomery 4% Diana L. Navarro Bishop Montgomery 3% Sabrina Y. Novoa Bishop Montgomery 3% Irma C. Zepeda Bishop Montgomery 1% Armando Ramirez Brea-Olinda 5% Maria D. Ortega Burroughs (Burbank) 4% Paola A. Tarabotto Camino Real 3% Monica Valle Camino Real 11% Natalie A. Pierce Capistrano Valley 1% Martha A. Rios Carson 1% Victor Duran Cathedral 1% Ruben S. Lorenzo Cathedral 2% Jaime Romo Cathedral 1% Felicia Borrero Chaffey 3% Juan L. Torres Chatsworth 10% Sheana A. Ochoa Chino 2% Maribel Benitez Coast Christian 1% Stefan Whitwell G. Cleveland 13% Xiomara E. Pineda Crenshaw 1% Frank L. Orozco Damien 6% Juan G. Medina Dana Hills 1% Loren A. Ortiz Don A. Lugo 3% George Zamora El Rancho 1% Tatiana Vasquez Fairfax 4% Raymond E. Hahn Fountain Valley 8% Vanessa Ann Bravo Francis Poly 3% Ann Marie Gallegos Franklin 2% Ana Maria Zavala Fullerton 3% Jacqueline Baltierra Gardena 4% Michael R. Gomez Garey 2% Gabriela Rosales Garey 1% Pedro Cardenas Jr. Garfield 2% Jose L. Delgado Garfield 2% Orlando Garcia Garfield 2% Elizabeth Gonzales Garfield 3% Anthony Gonzalez Garfield 2% Carmen Gonzalez Garfield 1% Rosalie Gonzalez Garfield 1% Ana C. Gutierrez Garfield 1% Adriana D. Navarro Garfield 1% Yolanda Perez Garfield 1% Aileen I. Ramirez Garfield 2% Ramon Ramirez Garfield 2% Ana R. Ramos Garfield 3% Lukas W. Salazar Garfield 1% Amalia Sanchez Garfield 1% Jaime Sandoval Garfield 1% Carlos H. Torres Garfield 2% Vincent Valencia Garfield 3% Laura O. Zaragoza Garfield 1% Leticia Arias Huntington Park 4% Joel Covarrubias Huntington Park 2% Alma D. Diaz Huntington Park 1% Juan C. Estrada Huntington Park 1% Ruth Y. Garcia Huntington Park 1% Gloria Rodriguez Huntington Park 1% Marina Tostado Huntington Park 1% Maria Mendiola Immaculate Heart 5% Adelaida Bautista Jefferson 1% David F. Campos Jefferson 1% Luis M. Polanco Jefferson 1% Michael A. Sanchez Katella 1% Rivka A. Sarfaty Kennedy (Granada Hills) 2% Laura Rivas Kennedy (Granada Hills) 4% Cristina I. Morado Kennedy (Granada Hills) 4% Karoline Ganioco Lakewood 1% Eduardo Martinez Lakewood 1% Sara C. Sierra La Quinta 14% Julio Bermejo La Salle 3% Mario Castillo La Serna 3% Jaqueline Perez La Sierra 1% Hilda Jaramillo Locke 1% Dolores M. Prieto Locke 1% Carlos E. Munoz Long Beach Poly 1% Michelle M. Reyes Los Alamitos 1% Marco Silva Los Alamitos 6% Bryant Delgadillo Los Altos 4% Carl E. Atkinson Loyola 2% Martin M. Mazloom Loyola 8% Rudy Torrijos III Loyola 3% Froylan Alfaro Lynwood 1% Rosa E. Garcia L.A.C.E.S. 3% Kristin M. Barclay Marlborough 2% Samantha Hernandez Marlborough 13% Jeanna M. Gomez Marshall (Pasadena) 6% Kelly M. Flores Marshall (Pasadena) 2% Chon D. Torres Marshall (Pasadena) 5% Robert Balcarcel Mater Dei 1% Monica Oviedo Mater Dei 1% Michelle Fernandez Mayfield 3% Amy L. Turner Mission Viejo 8% David R. Gonzales Monroe 1% Nayeli Rodriguez Monrovia 2% Gustavo Gonzalez Montebello 1% Alba L. Hernandez Montebello 1% Leticia Quinones Montebello 2% Rainer K. Mendez Notre Dame 2% Martha A. Sanchez Ontario 1% Robert H. Garcia Oxnard 1% Maria G. Vasquez Oxnard 1% Norma E. Diaz Palisades 3% Cesar J. Chaparro Pater Noster 1% Tom Bustamante Jr. Pioneer 4% Andrew M. Latino Pioneer 1% David L. Ortiz Pioneer 1% Rosamaria Rodriguez Pius X 1% Gianpaolo Baiocchi Pleasant Valley 10% Deborah Guzman Pomona Catholic 1% Erin C. Ochoa Pomona Catholic 1% Octavio Chairez Roosevelt 3% Maria Y. Cornejo Roosevelt 1% Adriana Martinez Roosevelt 1% Cary R. Garcia Rosary 2% Victor M. Polanco Rosemead 1% Julio M. Rocha Rosemead 3% Thomas E. Castillo John Rowland 3% Melissa C. Diaz John Rowland 12% Lucia Iniguez John Rowland 7% Marlene Holguin Sacred Heart 1% Gregoria Perez Sacred Heart 1% Yamileth Avendano Saddleback 6% Monica Baker Saddleback 2% Carlo U. Roberto Saddleback 5% Maryela Martinez Saddleback 1% Robert E. Gonzalez St. Genevieve 1% Juan I. Mora St. John Bosco 3% Noemi B. Donoso St. Joseph 3% Lilian M. Asperin St. Joseph 1% Janice M. McCollim St. Joseph 3% Imelda Palacios St. Lucy’s 2% Claudia Gonzales St. Paul 2% Jacqueline Xavier St. Paul 3% Dolores Perez St. Paul 3% Rebecca R. Ossa St. Paul 2% Ernesto Espinoza Salesian 1% Lydia Garcia-Barragan Saugus 1% Jacqueline Uribe Saugus 2% John P. Fruttero San Marino 9% Olivia Trevino San Gabriel Mission 1% Elizabeth Paniagua San Fernando 1% Maria I. Garcia Santa Fe 5% Dominique C. Ruiz Santa Paula 1% Daniel A. Sandoval Santa Paula 1% Michael Valenzuela Servite 3% Patricia M. Garcia Sonora 7% Eduardo Velasquez Sonora 1% Daly Gutierrez South Gate 1% Estela Gutierrez South Gate 2% Virgil Mariona South Gate 1% Edgard Morales South Gate 1% Ana Banos Southwest 2% Francisco Ramirez Southwest 3% Martin Silva Sylmar 3% Sonia Gomez Univ. City 4% Cassie J. Blair Upland 4% Frances Espinoza Upland 4% Kimberly M. Palmer Valencia 11% Olga L. Mejia Valley 1% Evangelina Blanco Venice 9% Carmen Santana Venice 3% Nathan J. Hantgin Ventura 2% Aaron M. Rothrock Villanova 1% Lorena S. Gonzalez Vista 3% Nikki Acosta Walnut 6% Brenda de la Torre West Covina 1% Lauri A. Costa Westminster 3% David C. Parra Whitney 4% Mona E. Covarrubias Whittier 4% Amanda Perez Whittier 5% Esperanza Villegas Whittier 1% Anthony P. Medrano Glen Wilson (H.Hts.) 4% Celene M. Soto Glen Wilson (H.Hts.) 1% Danielle Roberts Wilson (Long Beach) 1% Diana Acevedo Wilson (L.A.) 1% Mark A. Aragon Wilson (L.A.) 2% Leticia Gomez Wilson (L.A.) 1% Martin C. Romero Wilson (L.A.) 2%

NAME COLLEGE Kevin Angeles UC Santa Barb. Manuela Cornejo Cal St. L.B. Ricardo Soliz Jr. Pomona Rutely Condo Princeton Virginia E. Genao Harvard Noe Guerrero San Diego St. Brad Lee Shong Stanford Laura V. Lopez UC Berkeley Ingrid L. Olmedo Georgetown Amber Palma Cal St. L.A. Janet Torres Stanford Jody J. Perez Pitzer Oscar O. Rivas Whittier Maribel Rodriguez Harvard Jorge A. Fuentes UCLA Chantel Zepeda UC Berkeley Laura M. Diaz UCLA Dennise M. Lite St. Mary’s Marcia Nogueira UCLA Miriam Diaz Leon Univ. of S.D. Dwane S. Finlay USC Denise M. Sandoval Mt. St. Mary’s Katrina Archuleta Loyola Daniel Camberos Loyola Marta E. Jara UCLA Julianne Millar UC San Diego Diana L. Navarro Cal Poly SLO Sabrina Y. Novoa UCLA Irma C. Zepeda UC Berkeley Armando Ramirez UC Berkeley Maria D. Ortega UC Riverside Paola A. Tarabotto UCLA Monica Valle UCLA Natalie A. Pierce UC Berkeley Martha A. Rios UCLA Victor Duran Loyola Ruben S. Lorenzo Stanford Jaime Romo Notre Dame Felicia Borrero Stanford Juan L. Torres Stanford Sheana A. Ochoa Stanford Maribel Benitez USC Stefan Whitwell U of Pa. Xiomara E. Pineda UC Santa Barb. Frank L. Orozco UC San Diego Juan G. Medina UC Berkeley Loren A. Ortiz Stanford George Zamora UC Berkeley Tatiana Vasquez UCLA Raymond E. Hahn UC Berkeley Vanessa Ann Bravo UC Davis Ann Marie Gallegos Stanford Ana Maria Zavala USC Jacqueline Baltierra UC Santa Barb. Michael R. Gomez Harvey Mudd Gabriela Rosales UC Riverside Pedro Cardenas Jr. UC Berkeley Jose L. Delgado USC Orlando Garcia UC Berkeley Elizabeth Gonzales Occidental Anthony Gonzalez MIT Carmen Gonzalez Occidental Rosalie Gonzalez MIT Ana C. Gutierrez UCLA Adriana D. Navarro Notre Dame Yolanda Perez Smith Aileen I. Ramirez Middlebury Ramon Ramirez UC Berkeley Ana R. Ramos Occidental Lukas W. Salazar UC Santa Barb. Amalia Sanchez USC Jaime Sandoval UC Berkeley Carlos H. Torres Occidental Vincent Valencia Yale Laura O. Zaragoza Columbia Leticia Arias Harvard Joel Covarrubias UC Berkeley Alma D. Diaz USC Juan C. Estrada UCLA Ruth Y. Garcia UC Santa Cruz Gloria Rodriguez Mills Marina Tostado Stanford Maria Mendiola UCLA Adelaida Bautista La Verne David F. Campos Stanford Luis M. Polanco UC Santa Barb. Michael A. Sanchez Stanford Rivka A. Sarfaty UCLA Laura Rivas UCLA Cristina I. Morado UC San Diego Karoline Ganioco UC San Diego Eduardo Martinez UC Irvine Sara C. Sierra UC Irvine Julio Bermejo Stanford Mario Castillo UC Irvine Jaqueline Perez UCLA Hilda Jaramillo UC Santa Barb. Dolores M. Prieto UC Santa Barb. Carlos E. Munoz MIT Michelle M. Reyes Cal Poly SLO Marco Silva UCLA Bryant Delgadillo Stanford Carl E. Atkinson Cal Poly SLO Martin M. Mazloom USC Rudy Torrijos III Harvard Froylan Alfaro UCLA Rosa E. Garcia USC Kristin M. Barclay Stanford Samantha Hernandez Brown Jeanna M. Gomez UC Santa Cruz Kelly M. Flores USC Chon D. Torres Caltech Robert Balcarcel UCLA Monica Oviedo UC Irvine Michelle Fernandez Tulane Amy L. Turner USC David R. Gonzales Stanford Nayeli Rodriguez UCLA Gustavo Gonzalez UCLA Alba L. Hernandez UC Berkeley Leticia Quinones Whittier Rainer K. Mendez UCLA Martha A. Sanchez Cal Poly Pom. Robert H. Garcia Davis Maria G. Vasquez UC Berkeley Norma E. Diaz UC San Diego Cesar J. Chaparro USC Tom Bustamante Jr. UC Irvine Andrew M. Latino UC Irvine David L. Ortiz Stanford Rosamaria Rodriguez UC Berkeley Gianpaolo Baiocchi UC Santa Barb. Deborah Guzman Santa Clara Erin C. Ochoa Notre Dame Octavio Chairez Princeton Maria Y. Cornejo USC Adriana Martinez Stanford Cary R. Garcia Stanford Victor M. Polanco USC Julio M. Rocha Cal Poly SLO Thomas E. Castillo Harvard Melissa C. Diaz Pomona Col. Lucia Iniguez Loyola Marlene Holguin Stanford Gregoria Perez Woodbury Yamileth Avendano Biola Monica Baker UC Irvine Carlo U. Roberto USC Maryela Martinez Stanford Robert E. Gonzalez UCLA Juan I. Mora UCLA Noemi B. Donoso Mt. St. Mary’s Lilian M. Asperin Cal Poly SLO Janice M. McCollim CSU Fullerton Imelda Palacios Loyola Claudia Gonzales UCLA Jacqueline Xavier UC San Diego Dolores Perez Loyola Rebecca R. Ossa MIT Ernesto Espinoza UC Berkeley Lydia Garcia-Barragan UC San Diego Jacqueline Uribe UCLA John P. Fruttero U of Pa. Olivia Trevino UC Berkeley Elizabeth Paniagua UCLA Maria I. Garcia UCLA Dominique C. Ruiz Stanford Daniel A. Sandoval Caltech Michael Valenzuela UC San Diego Patricia M. Garcia UCLA Eduardo Velasquez Harvard Daly Gutierrez USC Estela Gutierrez Stanford Virgil Mariona Cornell Edgard Morales MIT Ana Banos UC Berkeley Francisco Ramirez UC Berkeley Martin Silva USC Sonia Gomez UCLA Cassie J. Blair UCLA Frances Espinoza Pomona Kimberly M. Palmer Mt. St Mary’s Olga L. Mejia Smith Evangelina Blanco UC Berkeley Carmen Santana UCLA Nathan J. Hantgin Yale Aaron M. Rothrock UC Santa Cruz Lorena S. Gonzalez Stanford Nikki Acosta UCLA Brenda de la Torre USC Lauri A. Costa USC David C. Parra Stanford Mona E. Covarrubias Pomona Amanda Perez UCLA Esperanza Villegas UCSD Anthony P. Medrano Stanford Celene M. Soto Stanford Danielle Roberts UCLA Diana Acevedo Occidental Mark A. Aragon Stanford Leticia Gomez Stanford Martin C. Romero UCLA