Since 2000, Assistance League® Diablo Valley’s Scholarships program, presently chaired by Cindi Segale, has provided financial and emotional support to high school, community college and university students as well as returnees to the academic community. Each recipient, 58 in total this year, has expressed a desire to advance through education by maintaining a designated grade point average, volunteering in campus and community projects and charting an academic timeline.
During the Awards presentation held on May 14, at the Pleasant Hill Community Center Perera Pavilion, Scholarships recipients, i.e., future biochemists, nurses, engineers, speech therapists, et al, acknowledged the generosity of foundations, individual donors (chapter members included) and revenue earned at the Assistance League Thrift Shop, the chapter’s primary fundraiser, located in Lafayette. Their collective message, “I want to thank my family for their sacrifice and support…now I have the financial capability to pursue my dreams.” Many mentioned, “I will be the first in my family to graduate from college.”
The 2024 Scholarships categories, seven in total, include Foster/Kinship Youth, High School, Community College, Return to School, Lisa Parker Hearst Memorial, Vocational/Technical/Trade Awards and Spotlight.
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The Assistance League Diablo Valley Scholarships 2024 recipients are: Victoria Alexander, Ingridt Alvarez, Chloe Anderson, Anson Anonuevo, Morsell Arghandiwal, Aayushma Bhandari, Sandra Brown, Mariella Cajina, Jimena Calderon Mendoza, Monica Chicas, Izayah Davis Marez, Alizei De Leon, Eva Duenas, Ruben Duenas, Romina Fesseha, Bella Glasson, Jorge Hernandez, Jordynne Hesselroth, Carly Heun, Camille Huerta, Kathryn Jackson, Sariah Johnson, Laura Khuu, Ethan Kim, Fatima Latifi, Zarah Katifi, Martin Leung, Yihua Li, Jannai Lira Virgen, Fatima Lopez, Alex Lopez Cisneros, Alejandro Lopez-Vaca, Pedro Martinez, Sheila McKenny, Samantha Michael, Sayedh Mokhtabad Amei, Stacey Ndeke, Kaitlan Nguyen, Colin Olairez, Justine Overmeyer, Theyshani Rajapaksha, Rylan Riccabona, Lesly Rosales Silva, Elsis Saravia, Nolan Searis, Anu Shofuleji, Andrea Sosa, Madison Tan, Jelome Tariosa, Alexis Tidwell, Luis Trinidad, Isaiah Valdivia, Samantha Valle Meraz, Lia Weiss-Ishai, Nyah White, Daniel Williamson, AnaKarina Zhen, Adelina Zheng.
Scholarships Committee members look forward to following the additional accomplishments of these remarkable students in the ensuing years. To learn about Assistance League Diablo Valley’s other hands-on programs, please visit: assistanceleague.org/diablo-valley.
