I am a senior at Bellflower High school and have been a part of the California Scholarship Federation for the past 4 years. Currently, I am the president of the CSF club at my school.
Fernando was nominated for this prestigious award by Chapter 417 Adviser Babak Aminitehrani. Michael Lundgren is Principal at Bellflower High School in the Bellflower Unified School District.
My greatest talent is making a perfect bowl of rice and I will be attending UC Berkeley in the fall for Microbiology!
Francesca was nominated for this prestigious award by Chapter 41299 Adviser Laura Solarez. Mark Crawford is Principal at West Ranch High School in the Wm. S Hart Union High School District.
Libbe Phan is a high school senior from Woodbridge High School. She has spent her four years focusing on doing her best academically, serving her community, and participating in a variety of extracurriculars. Some of her accomplishments include being the Girls Inc. National Lucille Miller recipient, serving as Orange County’s voice on Girls Inc.’s National Teen Advocacy Board, creating Humankind Zine (a digital magazine), being featured in Scholastic Choices’ February 2020 issue, and one of Woodbridge High School’s Youth of the Month awardees. Although she has not decided which college/university she will be attending yet, she hopes to study business administration with a possible double major or minor in film, graphic design, or psychology. Phan hopes to utilize her college education to work in creative marketing/advertising and start a mental health non-profit.
Libbe was nominated for this prestigious award by Chapter 1019 Adviser Julie Giron. Chris Krebs is Principal at Woodbridge High School in the Irvine Unified High School District.
My name is Esperanza Matteucci. I was born in Sacramento, California and I attended Saint Francis Elementary. My family and I relocated to Santa Cruz County in 2013. Once here I attended Good Shepherd Catholic School. After middle school I attended Monte Vista Christian School and here I have been able to grow as a leader, student, and person. I am so thankful to my family and friends for all their support!
Esperanza was nominated for this prestigious award by Chapter 846 Adviser Scott Nystrom. Susan Swing is Principal at Monte Vista Christian High School in Watsonville.
Rima Makaryan is an International Baccalaureate diploma candidate at Montgomery High School. She was born in Armenia and moved to the US in 2010. Today she is interested in pursuing the protection of human rights in whatever career she chooses at Stanford University. She spends her time outside of school creating art and running her nonprofit, the Monarch Project (www.socoimm.org).
Rima was nominated for this prestigious award by Chapter 595 Adviser Susan Farkas. Randolph Burbank is Principal at Montgomery High School in the Santa Rosa City Schools.
I am a senior at Gilroy High School and have enjoyed being a part of CJSF and CSF all throughout middle school and high school. I have been president of the CSF club at my high school for the last two years. Aside from my interest in community service through CSF, I play the clarinet, trombone, sing in the chamber choir and am proud to be the first female drum major at Gilroy High in over 20 years. Through this leadership position, I was able to play an important role in my high school’s recovery from the Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting. I was fortunate to be selected as a student ambassador and make the trip to Gilroy’s sister city, Takko Machi, Japan. I am also the captain of the Gilroy track team and have been league champion and CCS qualifier for the last three years. I have been a member of Girl Scouts since the second grade and I recieved my Silver Award for creating a donation closet that is still running today. I am passionate about leadership and helping communities, therefore I am extremely thankful that CSF has been able to help me pursue these passions. The last months of my senior year have been spent at home due to the coronavirus quarantine, but I have been keeping a positive attitude and am learning to plan my days to maintain my academic habits and physical endurance. I have been accepted to various colleges such as Notre Dame, Cal Poly, UC Berkeley and USC to study Industrial Engineering where I can combine my love of math with a business environment.
Marcela was nominated for this prestigious award by Chapter 98 Adviser Matthew Hungerford. Martin Enriquez is Principal at Gilroy High School in the Gilroy Unified District.