Presenting the very accomplished finalists for the CSF Central Coast Region Seymour Award 2017-18. Special congratulations to Gabriela Avila, Seymour Award Central Coast Region Recipient. Compliments to an amazing group of students from California Scholarship Federation Central Coast Region.
Gabriela Avila, Seymour Award 2017-18 Central Coast Recipient
Congratulations to Elizabeth Rojas Gallegos, Mission Vista High School, recipient of the CSF 2017-18 Seymour Award for the South Region.
Presenting the very accomplished finalists for the CSF South Region Seymour Award 2017-18. Congratulations to an amazing group of students from California Scholarship Federation South Region.
Seymour Award 2017-18 South Region Finalists: Chloe Sweeney, Andre Yin, Candler Cusato, Brooke Dukellis, Elizabeth Rojas Gallegos – Seymour Award Recipient, Madelyne Quiroz, Kenia Cobian, Dayra Leal Sanchez, Athina Obfenda, Megan Hall
Seymour Award 2017-18 South Region Finalists:
Congratulations, Roselyn! Thank you for sharing a little about yourself.
I currently attend Channel Islands High School in Oxnard, CA. I am a valedictorian candidate and have previously served as the Vice President and Class Representative of my chapter’s CSF. I have yet to commit to a university, but my first-choice is the University of Southern California, where I plan on majoring in broadcast journalism and minoring in political science. As for vocational goals, I aim to work for CNN as a political reporter and news analyst.
In my application essay, I wrote about how I started a blog to share my experiences with depression and anxiety disorder, which I was diagnosed with when I was just 14 years old. My blog helps over 100 monthly readers cope with their own mental health challenges and has been my way of serving those in need on a global scale. In addition, as an active CSF member, I have discovered many more outlets to help the people in my community through school cleanups, donating socks to local homeless shelters, singing Christmas carols to the elderly at a convalescent home, and writing letters to the troops serving our nation.
CSF Outstanding Sealbearer Award: $1,000 each (one per region; 5 total in state)
Sealbearers were nominated by their advisers, and a committee of board members selected one recipient from each region. Each recipient received a check for $1,000 and a certificate to be presented to the student at the advisers’ discretion. Congratulations to the students, to the advisers of students awardees, and thank you to all advisers for your nominations.
Glenn Michelson Memorial Award Essay : $1,000 (only one recipient)
Meilynn Shi of Westview High School in San Diego; Adviser Diana Loo.
Meilynn’s essay described her project which donated more than 9,000 food items to support over 500 low income families in her community. Meilynn has just committed to Northwestern University in Chicago in its BS/MD Honors program in Medical Education. Our best to Meilynn, as she moves on to continue making a difference in the world.
Thank you to all CJSF advisers who nominated students for the Marian Huhn Award. Each year, five award recipients are selected from the nominees submitted for each region.
2017 North Region Huhn Recipients
2017 Central Region Huhn Recipients
2017 Central Coast Region Huhn Recipients
2017 South Central Region Huhn Recipients
2017 CJSF South Region Huhn Recipients