Scholarship Committee to Recognize Students
The Pasadena Scholarship Committee for Americans of Mexican and Latino Descent will hold its 35th annual scholarship awards at a breakfast Saturday at the Pasadena Hilton.
The committee will award more than $35,000 to 49 high school seniors, 10 community college transfer students and 21 Pasadena City College bound high school graduates. It also will recognize 129 eighth-grade, 154 seventh-grade and 178 sixth-grade middle-school students for academic achievement.
The $2,000 Founders’ Scholarship will go to Juan Tejeda of Pasadena High School, who will attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The $1,000 Perpetual Scholarship winner is Gail Fernandez of Polytechnic High, who will attend UC San Diego.
Winners of the Gold Medal in Education Scholarship, who will be awarded $500 each, are Grace Jimenez of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, who will attend UCLA, and Linda Bonilla of Muir High, who will attend Stanford University. Winners of the Pasadena Scholarship Committee President’s Award will each receive $300. They are Leticia Arreola, Pasadena High, who will attend UC Santa Barbara; Abigail Campos, Alverno High, New Mexico Institute of Technology; Adolfo Mendez, La Salle High, Stanford University; Steven Otroshkin, La Salle High, UCLA; Brian Uballez, St. Francis High, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Gina Bueno, Mayfield High, UC Davis; Silvio del Castillo, St. Francis High, UC San Diego; Justin Loya, La Salle High, Loyola Marymount University; Noelle Nese, Mayfield High, UC San Diego; Michael Redon, St. Francis High, UCLA, and Peggy Zazueta, Maranatha High, UCLA.
Ana Ramos of Pasadena High, who will attend Cal State Los Angeles, is the winner of a $500 scholarship.
The Quetzalcoatl Memorial Scholarship, with awards of $1,000 each, goes to Jesus Carrillo, Muir High, who will attend Cal State L.A., and Josephine Ramos, Alverno High, who will attend Stanford.
Awards of $250 each go to Norma Hernandez, Muir High, PCC, and Dalia Perez, Blair High, PCC, winners of the Gregory Hernandez Memorial Scholarship, and Luis Rodriguez, Blair High, PCC, and Laura Hernandez, Pasadena High, PCC, winners of the Union Mutualistas de San Jose Scholarship.
Winner of the $1,000 Avery Leadership Scholarship is Angela Terrazas, Alverno High, who will attend the University of Notre Dame. Winner of the $500 Burrito Express Inc. Business Achievement Scholarship is Luz Yanez, Mayfield High, who will attend Georgetown University. The Herrera Scholarship, worth $250 each, goes to Paul Lopez of Pasadena High and Dawn Rodriguez of Blair High, both will attend PCC. Monique Perez, of Alverno High, who will attend USC, is winner of the $1,000 Smith Scholarship.
Each of the Independent Colleges and Universities scholarship winners will receive $400. They are Natalie Vigil, Blair High, who will attend Arizona State; Judith Lobaina, Marantha High, Azusa Pacific University; Rosemarie Bustos, Mayfield High, Loyola Marymount; Octavio Casado, St. Francis High, University of San Francisco; Christopher Mendoza, St. Francis High, University of San Diego, and Adriane Yanez, Mayfield High, University of San Diego. The $400 University of California scholarships go to Raymundo Hechavarria, Pasadena High; Angelique Nichelson, Mayfield High; and Ryan Torres, St. Francis High, all of whom will attend UC Berkeley; Stewart Aragon, Marshall High, who will attend UC Irvine, and Ruben Preciado and Daniel Rodriguez, both of St. Francis High, who will attend UCLA.
The $400 California State University scholarship winners are Jack Hernandez, Muir High, who will attend Cal State Dominguez Hills; Edna Gonzalez, Pasadena High, Cal Poly Pomona, and Luis R. Castaneda, Linda Dorantes and Diana Vasquez, of Blair High, all of whom will attend Cal State L.A. Scholarships also go to Monica Rosales and Rocio Trejo, of Muir High, and Delmy Unama, of Pasadena High, all of whom will also attend Cal State L.A.
Winners of the $1,000 James Patrick Jarrin Memorial Scholarship are Carlos Jallo, Muir High, who will attend Claremont McKenna College; Nelly Casas, Pasadena High, UCLA; Sandra Ledesma, Muir High, UC San Diego; Gilbert Meraz, Muir, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and Irma Soria, Blair High, UCLA. The $1,000 Kaiser Permanente Scholarship winners are Michelle Leon, Pasadena High, who will attend UC Santa Barbara, and Heidi Lutz, Blair High, Cal Poly Pomona. Patricia Moyer of PCC, who will transfer to UCLA, is winner of the $500 Stephen A. Reyes Scholarship.
Winners of the $100 Pasadena City College Tuition Grant are Eliazar Diaz, Alberto Garcia, Juana Hernandez, Liza Jung, Carlos Al Lopez, Trina Ortega, Roberto Ramirez and Mauricio Solorzano, all of Blair High; Monique Hernandez, Mayfield High; Jeanette Ledea, Cristy Mendez and Melanie Perez, all of Marshall High, and Manuel De La Santos and Maribel Delgado, both of Muir High.
Pasadena City College Scholarship winners of $300 each are Carmen Noriega, who will transfer to University of New Mexico; Richard Reynoso, Wladimir Aravena, Manuel Powers and Jose T. Zamora, all of whom will transfer to UCLA; Adil Jonathan Daruvala and Albert Ybarra, who will transfer to Cal State L.A., and Karen V. Sproull, who will transfer to UC Irvine.
Middle School Student Recognition will go to Monica Aguilar, Monica M. Martin, Philip Prado and Annie Santana, eighth-graders at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary School.
Eliot Middle School eighth-grade students are Johana Caicedo, Marvin Chacon, Maria Del Rio, David Bobadilla, Miriam Bermudez, Ricardo Mejia, Noemi Rivero, Jose Aviles and Alejandro Limon. Seventh-graders are Steven Perez, Ana Diaz, Experanza Ramirez, Monica Diaz, Jessica Padilla, Estuardo Robles, Fabiola Maldonado, Rosalinda Canedo, Nancy Casas, Roberto Garcia, Jeffrey Garcia, Adela Galvan and Rolando Gonzalez. Sixth-graders are Lizzette Arellano, Hilda Madrigal, Rosaura Robles, Antoinette Tovar, Ruth Arvallo, Sara Lopez Pedraza, Alfredo Garcia, Hector Ortiz, Maribel Meza, Aurora Rebolledo, Silvia Malan, Eunice Vazquez, Maria Esparza, Fredy Collazo, Jose Rodriguez, Adrian Gutierrez, Angie Cruz, Linda Banuelos, Susana Medina, Suyapa Valdiviezo, Esteban Ortiz, Racheal Castell, Mayra Rodriguez and Peter Marchessin.
Eighth-graders from Flintridge Preparatory School are Therese Suarez and Maribel Khoury and seventh-graders are Jean Paul Garcia and Kiela Lara.
Marshall Middle School eighth-graders are Andres Santiago, Marcos Diaz, Adam Sanchez, David Juarez, Samuel Torres, Aracely Sustaita, Maribel Madera, Norma Molina and Melissa Alva. Seventh-graders are Lucy Molina, Noelia Herrera, Rene Juarez, Ana Ibacache, Susana Juarez, Juan Flores, Blanca Romero, Claudia Tirado, Greg Pedroza, Ozlem Dalgic, Norma Madera, Carmen Lopez and Gustavo Beltran. Sixth-graders are Johann Juarez, Ludwing Juarez, Joshua Diaz, Frank Gamboa, Sarah Torres, Karina Villegas, Abdon Maravi, Adriana Molina, Brigette Arandia and Eduardo Beltran.
From Polytechnic Middle School are eighth-graders Alexander Aranovich, Jessica Martinez, Maricela Oceguera, Victor Oviedo and Sara Rodriguez; seventh-graders Javier Mora, Tinh Rios and Andrea Rodriguez, and sixth-grader Marisa Echeverra. From St. Elizabeth’s School are eighth-graders Lisa Riddle and Sage Williams; seventh-graders Analise Elliot, Sushi Frausto, Robert Perez, Andrew Toscano, Nicholas Vargas and Peter Vasquez III, and sixth-graders Elena Montero and Mario Mateo de Acosta.
Eighth-graders at St. Philip the Apostle are Iliana Bravo, Danny Cornejo, Alejandro Islas, Veronica Leon, Maite Ramos and Claudia Solis. From St. Rita’s School are eighth-graders Maria Elena Navarro and Brett Wong; seventh-grader Sara Rodriguez, and sixth-graders Monique Reavis, Virginia Valencia and Eric Wong.
Washington Middle School eighth-graders are David Alatorre, Juan Amaya, Victor Arias, Miguel Cabral, Flor De M. Castaneda, Bertha De La Cruz, Leticia Garcia, Luis Izaguirre, Arturo Vega, Yvette Rennard, Diana De La Torre, Cristina Marquez, Andres Rodriguez and Brisia Rojas.
Seventh-graders are Eileen Banuelos, Esteban Barragan, Claudia Benitez, Marisol Delgado, Eduardo Gonzalez, Jeanette Haro, Gerardo Jimenez, Oscar Muela, Blanca Plasencia, Eddye Prera, Maria Ruiz, Sergio Saucedo and Ramona Villegas.
Sixth-graders are Alfredo Alvardo, Mariza Arellano, Celia Banuelos, Manuel Beltran, Veronica Carrillo, Jimmy Castro, Jose Castro, Emma Chicas, Jackie Chilin, Rigoberto Cortez, Martha Cruz, Adha Cuevas, Alvaro De La Cruz, Leobardo De La Torre, Rocio De Los Santos, Olga Farfan, Alma Gallegos, Jennifer Garcia, Lucia Garcia, Margaret Gonzalez, Uriel Gutierrez, Eleanor Hernandez, James Jackson, Elida Jarez, Eric Jimenez, Irene Lopez, Serena Lopez, Myra Manuel, Jose Marquez, Erwin Mendez, Adriana Mendoza, Letisia Morales, Rosa Morales, Pablito Moreno, Jacqueline Sainz, Hugo Sanchez, Magdalena Soria, Maricela Soto, Guilermo Vega, Maria Del R. Viguesias, Maria Villegas and Laura Zapata.
Eighth-graders from Wilson Middle School are Rosa Linda Burciaga, Gabriela Cervantes, Armando Chavez, Silvia Garibay, Leonel Gonzalez, Omar Gutierrez, Maria Miramontes, Armida Monarrez, Desiree Perez, Sandra Robles, Rafael Rodriguez, Valeria Sanchez, Suhail Sandoval and Violeta Yepez.
Seventh-graders are Gricelda Alvarado, Jesus Banuelos, Marisela Banuelos, Sandra Banuelos, Ana Barrientos, Guillermo Becerra, Xavier Cabrera, Corina Caseo, Elizabeth Castaneda, Karla Castro, Kelly Castro, Erlla Cotero, Phillip Cruz, Brenda Flores, Maria Flores, Angelena Garcia, Rocio Garcia, Hermelind Gongara, Vicky Gonzalez, Kenneth Lopez, Maria Marquez, Fernando Martinez, Silvia Medina, Samantha Meretta, Nancy Nerey, Carmen Perez, Lisette Perez, Ingred Pinzon, Vanessa Ramirez, Silvia Rangel, Ruben Reveles, Luis Rodriguez, Thomas Serrano, Martha Servin, Jessica Torres, Maria Torrez, Doris Trujillo, Carlos Valadez, Joey Valenzuela, Marilyn Varas, Marisol Vargas, Esmeralda Venegas and Carolina Villamil.
