Exceptional Scholars List

These students from Los Angeles and Orange counties were among those selected statewide as 1990 “Exceptional Scholars” by the Youth Opportunities Foundation. Colleges are those declared by students.

NAME HIGH SCHOOL CLASS RANK COLLEGE Corinne Antoniades Agoura 5% UCLA Angelica Macedonia Anaheim 1% Fullerton Efrain R. Berumen Banning 2% CSULB Sofia M. Fernandez Banning 1% Georgetown Yvonne La Riva Banning 2% CS Dom. Hills Delia Mendoza Banning 2% UCLA Alfredo Gomez Bassett 2% Stanford Blanca E. Munoz Bassett 1% Pomona Paul A. Alfaro Bell 1% MIT Frank A. Artiga Bell 3% Cal Poly Pom. John C. Baez Bell 5% USC Martin I. Campos Bell 3% MIT Julio M. Mazul Bell 1% UCSD Yvette D. Ortiz Bell 1% UC Berkeley Gabriela E. Rizo Bell 2% Cal Poly SLO Mario M. Ruiz Bell 2% Occidental Maria G. Sanchez Bell 3% USC Brenda J. Quintana Bell Gardens 1% Georgetown Lillian Romero Bell Gardens 1% USC Leticia Tomas Bell Gardens 1% Columbia Cesar A. Alvarado Belmont 7% UC Berkeley Alma G. Perez Belmont 3% UC Berkeley Fernando L. Meza Bishop Amat 3% Claremont Humberto Castrillon Bishop Montgomery 1% Loyola Mary. Mauricio Herbelin Bishop Montgomery 3% USC Ricardo A. Vargas Bishop Montgomery 1% Tulane Kari L. Escobedo Buena Park 4% CS Fullerton Stephanie Berkman Calabasas 4% USC Russell Calleros California 1% Stanford Ruben B. Bojorquez Cantwell 1% Loyola Mary. Edgardo M. Ramirez Cantwell 7% UC Davis Leopoldo Sanchez Jr. Cantwell 2% UC Irvine Ian R. Giddens Cathedral 1% UC Davis Alejandro Hernandez Cathedral 1% Loyola Mary. Mara L. Aguilera Centennial 1% UCSD Elizabeth Andrion Cerritos 3% UC Berkeley Manuel E. Cid Charter Oak 5% UC Riverside Martha G. Cervantes Crenshaw 1% Stanford Eric R. Garlepp Don Bosco 1% UCLA Joe E. Quesada Don Bosco 2% U of Penn Jaime Ramos Don Bosco 3% UC Riverside Juan C. Rodarte Don Bosco 2% UC Davis Fanny Cisneros Dorsey 1% UCSD Lisa R. Drow Downey 2% UCSB Danielle E. Benson El Camino Real 5% USC Nadina L. Fernandez El Dorado 2% UCLA Nicholas Thompson El Modena 1% UC Berkeley Michael J. Kobos El Segundo 5% USC Kenneth Martinez El Toro 1% USC Jorge Velastegui El Toro 10% UCLA Michelle Labat Foothill 7% Cal Poly SLO Andreas J. Gusman Garden Grove 7% UC Davis Hector Aguilar Garfield 5% CSULA Yvette Aparicio Garfield 2% Vassar Amanda Gutierrez Garfield 2% UCSC Rosario Gutierrez Garfield 3% Occidental Israel Juarez Garfield 1% UCLA Gerardo Mendoza Garfield 4% USC Dolores Munoz Garfield 1% Occidental Veronica P. Ochoa Garfield 3% UCLA Efrain Rodriguez Garfield 2% USC Gerardo Ruiz Garfield 1% USC Jose J. Ruiz Garfield 4% USC Rosendo A. Salazar Garfield 1% USC Christine Savella Garfield 2% Wellesley Silvia G. Paniagua Holy Family, Glendale 5% Azusa Pacific Angela C. Luzio Huntington Beach 2% Notre Dame Apolinar Flores Jr. Huntington Park 1% UC Berkeley Alicia Herrera Huntington Park 2% Stanford Juan C. Mier Huntington Park 2% Princeton Rebecca Montes Huntington Park 3% UC Riverside Alba M. Villa Huntington Park 1% UC Riverside Benilda D. Anzures Immaculate Heart 2% UCLA Jacqueline J. Cruz Immaculate Heart 3% Northwestern Lourdes L. Puyol Immaculate Heart 2% UCSB Louis DiBernardo Irvine 2% UC Irvine Gloria A. Sanchez Irvine 2% Stanford Hector Hernandez Jefferson 1% UCLA Miguel A. Navarro Jefferson 1% CSULA Yvette R. Gallegos Kennedy (Gran. Hills) 1% UCSB Christian P. Bedoy Lincoln 1% Harvey Mudd Chris G. Carmona Los Altos 6% UC Berkeley Phillip J. Sanchez Los Altos 12% Cal Poly Pom. Mark A. Schmuck Los Altos 7% UC Berkeley Elaine Maldonado Los Amigos 7% Brandeis Guido L. Giordano Loyola 2% Harvard Francisco Guerrero Loyola 4% Loyola Mary. Frank O. Guevara Loyola 3% Stanford Diego A. Mechoso Loyola 4% UCLA Angelo P. Puglisi Loyola 3% Stanford Steven Ramos Loyola 7% UC Berkeley Robert Salazar Jr. Loyola 10% Columbia Alfonso Torrijos Loyola 1% Harvard Irma Calderon Lynwood 1% Loyola Mary. Hector Pardo Lynwood 1% UCLA Regina Arellanes Mater Dei 5% St. Mary’s Jorge A. De Leon Mater Dei 5% UC Irvine Karen V. Holliday Mater Dei 1% UC Berkeley Cynthia Millsap Mater Dei 4% Wellesley Rene G. Robles Montclair 1% Stanford Jose A. Ramirez Montebello 3% Notre Dame Carlos F. Jallo John Muir 15% Claremont Nancy M. Leon Nogales 1% USC Alejandro Chavez Northview 3% U. New York Silvia Castro Notre Dame 5% Notre Dame Kenneth W. Ward Oak Park 3% UCLA Louie Medrano II Palmdale 1% USC Juan A. Tejeda Pasadena 1% Cal Poly SLO Ramiro Reyes Jr. Pater Noster 3% USC Julie Espinoza Pioneer 2% Stanford Araceli Bonilla Pius X 1% UCLA Irene Campos Pius X 2% CSULB Gustavo A. Collazo Pius X 2% USC Violeta Mejia Pius X 1% UCLA Angela M. Chavez Pomona Cath. 1% Cal Poly SLO James R. Hernandez Pomona 1% MIT Sally M. Medina Quartz Hill 7% Mills Juan Chavez Roosevelt 2% Princeton Jose J. Flores Roosevelt 1% Occidental Marisol Payan Roosevelt 3% UCSC Juan A. Ramos Roosevelt 1% Harvard Christina Garcia Rosary 4% UCSD Nicole M. Rosier Rosary 1% UCLA Christine M. Ruiz Rosary 6% Cal Poly SLO Cesar Armandariz Rosemead 2% USC Karin J. Saric John Rowland 2% UC Riverside Argelia Miranda Sacred Heart, L.A. 1% Loyola Mary. Graciela Vasquez Sacred Heart, L.A. 1% USC Maria D. Gutierrez St. Anthony 3% UCSD Eduardo Franqui Jr. St. John Bosco 1% USC John J. Londono St. Francis 1% UCLA Barbara J. Alaniz St. Genevieve 3% Loyola Mary. Anita Garcia St. Joseph 3% UCLA Rosa I. Sanchez St. Mary’s Academy 1% Stanford Monica Arvizu St. Mathias 1% Loyola Mary. Joanne Apodaca St. Paul 1% UC Irvine Patrick S. Sanchez St. Paul 1% Stanford Alicia Morga San Dimas 1% CS Fullerton Monica Alcantar San Fernando 1% Pepperdine Layla E. Gonzalez San Fernando 1% CSU Northridge Xavier Velazquez San Fernando 1% MIT Arturo Ramos San Gabriel 1% Yale Dolores M. Figueroa San Gabriel Mission 2% UC Riverside Jeffrey Fuentes Santa Ana 1% Stanford Francisco Quinonez Santa Ana 1% Georgetown Erika Cedillos Schurr 9% UCLA Monique Morin Schurr 10% UCLA Jennifer Villalobos Schurr 4% USC Oscar F. Valadez Servite 2% Stanford Araceli Haro Sierra Vista 4% Pomona Kathya Bustamante South Gate 1% USC Ernesto A. Campos South Gate 1% Brigham Young Oscar J. Diaz South Gate 2% Notre Dame Jose G. Padilla South Gate 1% USC Alex R. Romero III South Gate 1% UCSB Rafael Valencia South Gate 3% Cornell Renee G. Beltran Sunland Christian 3% Oral Roberts Angel R. Cervantes Sylmar 1% Occidental Sergio A. Vasquez Sylmar 1% Occidental Rudy L. Fong Taft 5% UCLA Vivianna Trujillo Taft 10% UCLA Maria K. Sanchez Temple City 4% UCLA Victor M. Madrigal Valley 2% Stanford Robert J. Schulze Van Nuys 2% Harvard Veronica de la Cruz Venice 5% Stanford Yesenia Gallegos Venice 8% Loyola Mary. Ayde Gonzalez Venice 1% Yale Alexander R. Jenkins Westchester 3% UCLA Angelica Villicana Westminster 7% UCLA Roberta M. Chavez Whitney 3% Stanford George Gallegos Whittier 8% UCLA Andrea C. Aranda Woodrow Wilson 2% UCBerkeley Marisela Chavez Woodrow Wilson 8% Stanford Antonio Gonzalez Woodrow Wilson 5% Stanford