2020 Scholarship Awardees

 Friends of AALA awarded 32 scholarships to comprehensive high school seniors, an options school senior, and a community adult school graduating student.  Each awardee received a$2,250 stipend to assist them achieve their higher education goals.

The Board of Directors of Friends of AALA and AALA congratulate these exemplary students:

Yanira ArguetaWest Adams Preparatory High SchoolUCLA
Komal Kaur BadeshaDr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation AcademyUC, Berkeley
Candice CandlerFoshay Learning CenterUCLA
Hyewon ChoiHamilton High SchoolUSC
Sebastian CotaLos Angeles Center for Enriched StudiesBoston College
Melanie CruzDr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation AcademyCSU Fullerton
Sandy GarciaHuntington Park Institute of Applied Medicine at Linda Esperanza Marques HSUC, Santa Barbara
John GuicoDr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation AcademyCSU Fullerton
Rachel Zila HidalgoSTEM Academy of Hollywood at Helen Bernstein ComplexStanford University
Wesley JiangDowntown Magnets High SchoolUC, Berkeley
Julian Cameron JimenezGarfield High SchoolPrinceton University
Jose JuarezMonroe High SchoolBucknell University
Michelle LiuDowntown Magnets High SchoolUC, Davis
Earl Simon LontokNarbonne High SchoolRutgers University
Edgar LopezFairfax High SchoolUCLA
Juana Alicia ManzanoNorth Valley Occupational CenterGlendale College
Jose A. Sanchez MaraLinda Marquez High School, School of Social JusticePomona College
Sara Lopez MartinezGarfield High SchoolPepperdine University
Leslie Sujey MendezMendez High SchoolUCLA
Angelica MercadoKennedy High SchoolUC, Santa Barbara
Julianna MonterrosoAmelia Earhart High SchoolMission College
Kevin Ulises MurilloNorthridge Academy High SchoolSwarthmore College
Eric QuinnTaft Charter High SchoolUCLA
Carlos A. Ramirez-SanchezSouth Gate High SchoolUniversity of LaVerne
Carmen RayaDr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation AcademyUniversity of Wisconsin,
Sebastián Arce RenteríaBanning High SchoolLA Harbor College
Jessica ReyesGarfield High SchoolGeorgetown University
Sara RojasMendez High SchoolCSU, Los Angeles
Isahia SampsonKing-Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and ScienceCSU, Fullerton
Yomma E. ShoushaFairfax High SchoolClaremont McKenna
Michael UdoKing-Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and ScienceUCLA
Emily VidalNorth Hollywood High SchoolSan Jose State University