Scholarships Awarded to Hispanic Achievers
The Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund has awarded college scholarships ranging from $500 to $2,500 to 56 students.
“These are some of the finest young minds of their generation,” said Juan Francisco Lara, a local educator who was chairman of the fifth annual scholarship awards ceremony, held Wednesday at UC Irvine. “The way to mark the growth of a community is by its investment in its youth--the future--and this is a community coming of age.”
While most of the students are high-school juniors and seniors, three recipients are studying at Orange County law schools. They are Israel Hernandez-Claustro, Ed Garcia and Yolanda Silvia Pedrego, recipients of the Hispanic Bar Assn./Wally Davis Memorial Legal Scholarship.
Other awards went to Susana Espino-Hernandez, who received the Mana Scholarship and the Richard Bermudez Scholarship; Bernadette Corona, Israel Leon and Jesus Duran, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Scholarship; and Graciela Castillo and Tanya Juarez, the Hispanic Council of Realtors Scholarship.
High-school juniors receiving scholarships were Victor Cabral, Daniel Onofre, Blanca Campos, Stacia Perez, Daniel Castro, Leticia Ramirez, Rosa Garcia, Diana Rodriguez, Yvette Gutierrez, Annabel Sanchez, Livier Huerta, Rocio Trinidad, Ruth Najera, Ramon Trujillo, Tracy Nolazco, Darlene Valderrama and Heidy Vaquerano.
The seniors receiving scholarships were Brigitte Arguello, Adriana Perez, Susana Carrillo, Brianne Pergola, Melissa Cordero, Josefina Ramirez, Alejandra Coria, Rudy Rodriguez, Mariana Flores, Camilo Romero, Nadia Flores, Ryan Ruelas, Mike Giron, Anabel Salgado, Alena Herwehe, Belen Sanchez, Patricia Ledezma, Israel Serna, Mario Lopez, Martha Sims, Aida Mayoral, Mariel Solares, Nina Mendoza, Diana Valenciano, Mark Morales, Lisette Villacres, Maria Palomino, Edgar Zapata, Paul Palomo and Linda Zuniga.
