2020-21 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY

Seattle Colleges Foundation

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Tonight we celebrate the accomplishments, both present and future, of this year’s nearly 500 scholarship recipients. They hail from all around the globe and range in age from 17 to 65. Their diversity is extraordinary, but they share a desire to improve their lives through education. We know they will make us all proud.

We also celebrate the donors who made these scholarships possible. It’s heart-stopping to think that because of your generosity, this year we’re awarding over $1M in scholarships. Your contributions will change the lives of these students forever and ripple out to change the lives of their families, their communities and the world.

Finally, a massive thank you to the volunteer reviewers who collectively devoted hundreds of hours to evaluating scholarship applications. Your labor of love will echo for years to come in the lives of those selected.

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2020-21 SCHOLARSHIPS IN BRIEF

Dr. Shouan Pan, Chancellor Seattle Colleges

Dr. Chemene Crawford President, North Seattle College

Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange President, Seattle Central College

Dr. Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap President, South Seattle College

Kerry Howell CEO, Seattle Colleges Foundation

Lyanne O’Connell Scholarships Program Director, Seattle Colleges Foundation

Christine Consolacion Scholarships Program Manager, Seattle Colleges Foundation

Scholarship awards

Recipients scholarship funds

Awards from

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Tonight’s SpeakersOur program will start at 5:30 and run approximately 40 minutes.

Keynote Remarks

Allen Bickham Seattle Central College Student and Recipient, Desmond Jackson Memorial Scholarship

Vien Klett North Seattle College Student and Recipient, Costco Diversity Scholarship

Jasmine Cuffy South Seattle College Student and Recipient, Costco Diversity Scholarship

Solynn McCurdy Senior Vice President, Social Impact Executive Director, BECU Foundation

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Airborne Express Endowed Scholarship Olivia Almeida Shoshana Peizer *Jihun Yoon

Akhtar Cohansedgh Endowed Scholarship Allison Simon

*Anderson-Jones Adopt Scholarship Andreia Nogueira Da Silva

*Anna C. Mason Endowed Scholarship Pax Bisimwa

Antique and Classic Boat Society Scholarship Joshua Wood

Apparel Design CU Scholarships Susan Murdoch

*Automotive Technician Adopt Scholarship Emily Schultz

Bank of America Endowed Scholarship Mariela Mendivil Yanbing Xiao

*Bayview Memorial Adopt Scholarship Nuredien Kamal

*Beardsley Family Foundation Adopt Scholarship Hussein Abdi Jaylene Jose

*Beardsley Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship (Welding) Jennifer Hough

This Year’s Seattle Colleges Scholars*Indicates a scholar/scholarship supported by our partners at the South Seattle College Foundation

Broadway High School Alumni Foundation Endowed - William Wilton Scholarship for Transfer Students Yonas Kidanemariam

Bruce McKenna Memorial Scholarship Kelly Mitchell Thomas Davis

*Budd Gould and Joey & Vera Ing Endowed Scholarship Brieanna Carlson

*Carl M. & Louise C. Lovested Endowed Scholarship Zulika Ararso Keandra Pascua

Commitment Scholarship (Central) Robel Abraha Jennifer Alf-Yasin Raymond Au Christopher Austin Wilson Barnes Kiana Belmont Diondra Braswell Kendra Cadena Erin Charbonneau Ashley Connolley Ismael Cortes Christopher Dail Arnold De-La-Vega Assoumahu Diallo Michael Dolezal Rachel Dube Alexandra Elauria Abdinasir Galgalo Eduard Garcia-Morales Rebecca Greer Erika Guerrero Megan Hansen Karl High Cassaundra Howlett Tahirah Ishak Beverly James

Ben Bridge Scholarship Endowment for Horology Evan Embrey Kavin Kulamavalavan

Biella Foundation Adopt Scholarship Daniel Blanton Jr. *Molly Frizzell *Allegra Keys *Colin Lamb

Bill Morgan Endowed Scholarship Aidina Baratova Ryan Guilfoile

Broadway High School Alumni Foundation Endowed Scholarship Robel Abraha Ariungua Badrakh Hainesley Batac Kendra Cadena Michael Calder Michael Cho Assoumahu Diallo Minylehal Feleko Anthonese Gavin Asmerom Ghirmai James Griffin Alem Gurmu Corrie Maxwell Hasan Mikayilov Minh-Thanh Nguyen Feima Osman Elisha Ricker Eric Rodriguez Ghasalehsadat Sadjadifar Allison Simon Thet Hnin Su Jerry Wood Jennifer Yem

Broadway High School Alumni Foundation Endowed - Florence Lundquist Scholarship for Transfer Students Adunya Mohamed

Courtney Jensen Kirk Johnson Merhawit Kahsay Megumi Kanada Hang Khai Anh My Khieu June Kilp Francis Kimuli Ravi Lehal Qishi Liang Boxiang Lin Kate-Lynn Lind Hongbin Liu Carissa-Alan Madrigal Hanh Mai Hasan Mikayilov Emile Milford Ariana Mix Mackenzie Nelson Lysander Olson Lyric Otto Azriel Policarpio Jennifer Rabang Guadalupe Rodriguez Jenny Rogers Temesgen Sahle Anna Sajonas Kaitlynn Saul Jessalyn Schoenecker Blaine Smith Taylor Stingel Alana Tang Nazirah Taylor Belul Tesfamariam Melissa Thomas Nancy Toledo-Blanco Blanca Torres Danielle Townsend Gerald Verzosa Xuan Vong Xueying Wen Celina Wu Christopher Yip

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Completion Scholarship Yonas Abraha Fathuma Ali Christopher Austin Yeshihareg Ayetaged Rebecca Barbanell Gemechis Bayissa Cass Berlin Fanna Beyene Masresha Beyene Jacalyn Brown Rachael Chapman Temesgen Chifaw Vianca De Luna Katelyn Falconer Cameron Fletcher Hugo Gomez Noor Herzallah Michelle Jesionowski Fabiola Juarez-Ortiz Cassandra Lamkin Twinamaani Lawson Victor Maciel Juna Maharjan Espoir Nzita Makiese Sabbontu Margarsa Behnaz Monzavi Sarah Newton Huy Nguyen Han Quach Nicole Ramsey Zoe Reynolds Yevgeniy Ryakhovskaya Delaney Smith Rebecca Tarner Leticia Thomas Quoc Minh Truong Courtney Ware Devan Watson Barbara Watson Lyndal Wilson-Bishop Tom Wormstedt Mazie Wright Nahum Yanez

*Costco Adopt Scholarship Ngoc Hua Fuad Isse Chau Luong Tung Nguyen Xuan Nguyen

Costco Diversity Scholarship Haruna Abe Chala Ahmed Gada Ahmed Abdurahman Ahmed Betty Andrews Rosalia Antonio Lindsey Barber Natnael Bekele Evelyn Berger Allen Bickham Destiny Bunoan Tyranisha Caldwell Autumn Causey Marina Cazares Nathaniel Chesson Jasmine Cuffy Myron Curry Kamaria Daniel-Omoregie Chin-Erdene Gantulga Stephanie Garcia Gabriela Garcia Greco Esmeralda Garia Remi Hall Daniel Hoang Julia Ishihara Isatou Janha Fentanesh Kasu Ameer Kiani Vien Klett Joseph-Rico Lapid Jooyoung Lee Tressa Martin Jennifer McDaniel Mona Mohamed Michael Mondragon Nguyen Nguyen

Miri Park Rupak Pawar Shoshana Peizer David Phan Barbara Pronsato Abraham Tesfasilasie Bao Tran Vo Tybrenna wilkins Yanbing Xiao Shaden Youssef Jahan Zaib

Craig & Carol Corcoran Memorial Endowed Scholarship Joshua Hansen Melika Korhani Shirazi *Hailey Unland

Desmond Jackson Memorial Scholarship Robel Abraha Chala Ahmed Allen Bickham Donovan Jones Thomas Williams

Dler Ismael Memorial Endowed Scholarship Marvin Chapman

Dorthea Pennington Memorial Endowed Scholarship Adrian Tunney

Dr. Charles H. Mitchell Fund for Excellence Scholarship Gada Ahmed Hainesley Batac Evelyn Berger Kendra Cadena Diego Cano Michael Cho Cassandra Cooper

Myron Curry Assoumahu Diallo Julia Durant-Storey Eroyn Franklin Anthonese Gavin Asmerom Ghirmai Alem Gurmu Remi Hall Ameer Kiani Zara Kiani Emma Lalanne Aaron Lewis Anna Matilda Olsson Elisha Ricker Eric Rodriguez Emery Rwigamba Alessandra Souza Lima Thet Hnin Su Anh Vu Tybrenna Wilkins Cinnamon Winkler Jerry Wood Jennifer Yem

Dr. Peter Ku Endowed Scholarship Nancy Garcia

Dr. Ron LaFayette Endowed Scholarship Joel Bergstrom Jennifer Moore

Dr. Ron LaFayette Living Trust Scholarship Joel Bergstrom

Drs. Warren & Rachel Brown President’s Endowed Scholarship Jennifer Ocampo

*Earl & Virginia Cruzen Endowed Scholarship Brian Lively

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Education Fund Scholarship (General Student Support) - North Seattle Liya Berhe Xarah Bracho Yin Chan Mu Reng Chen Shih-Tao Cho Christianna Clinton Sarah Dennis Mahbuba Ehsani Anays Garcia Rebekah Heeg Johnny Huinac Amanda Kautzky Deny Lie Aleksandr Marin Evelyn Martinez Jose Morales Grace Moss Hailab Nega Anna Novotny Jennifer Ocampo Katelynn Porter Tara Prucha Kenneth Schumacher Anna Segler Fnu Sobia Yuki Wellbaum Suling Zhong

Eleanor Nazarenus/Nelson Mandela Endowed Scholarship Abdiweli Abdi Hawa Jagana Million Werede Qiutrina Miller

*Emerald City Business & Professional Women (BPW) Adopt Scholarship Grace Peterson

*Ernie Pino Memorial Adopt Scholarship Leandra Dicken

ET Kessler Memorial Endowment Scholarship Christine Cloud

*Fayette Krause Adopt Scholarship Mozaia Walton

Filipino American Education Endowment Scholarship Edward Capambi

Florence E. Galbraith Endowed Scholarship Michael Calder Marina Cazares *Phan Ngoc Tuyen Chau *Jade Gruhn Cynthia Howard Zacharias Lerner Dias Mashikov Samuel Mixon *Nhi Sam *Tana Martinez Santiago

Foster Pepper Endowed Scholarship Asma Daud

Franklin Micah Wood Endowed Scholarship Gabriela Garcia Greco

Future Leaders Scholarship for Property Management Scholarship April Heutmaker Donovan Jones Cory Whitfield

Gary Kunis Cisco Network Design Endowed Scholarship Vincent Brown

*Gary Oertli Adopt Scholarship Ashlee Schoenmann

General Scholarships - Seattle Central Daniel Radosevich Elliot Smith

George & Cleo Corcoran Endowed Scholarship Toni Banks

George T. Lewis Scholarship Jeffry Williams

Glassybaby Support Scholarship Fakebba Ceesay Fatou Jobe Emebet Moreda Erin Walsh

*Group Health Cooperative Endowed Scholarship Amalyn Ghel Gonzales Ashley Kieu

*Hailey Gray Memorial Adopt Scholarship Michell Rodriguez

*Henry F. Dambacher Endowed Scholarship Bee Moua

Herman Sarkowsky Endowed Scholarship for Business & Information Technology Britnee Dolce

Hisako Nakaya Apparel Design Endowed Scholarship Susan Murdoch

Holt W. Webster Memorial Endowed Scholarship Sitara Lewis

Horst & Ruby Peschel Family Endowed Scholarship Tanya Koleszar

Hugh S. Cannon Foundation Scholarship Kristen Kurth Le Ngoc Quynh Tran Uyen Truong

James D. Hoyt Memorial Scholarship Martin Brendecke Christine Cloud Rachael Keith Erika Morales Glenna Moran Sanatana Sa Elizabeth Schaff Ursula Stuart Katharine Toombs

*Jerry & Linda Hermanson Endowed Scholarship Ileana Martinez Villada

*Jerry M. Brockey Endowed Scholarship Ismail Hamza

Jill Wakefield Endowed Scholarship Fund Derek Svanevik

Jim R. Medley Endowed Student Scholarship Justin Clark

John & Mary Ann Mangels Endowed Scholarship Romero Hutapea

John A. Barton Endowed Scholarship for Science Romero Hutapea

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John R. Sarich, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Siobhan Sloan-Evans

Joy Gulmon-Huri Endowed Scholarship Emma Lalanne

*Judy Gray Endowed Scholarship Diego Elenes

Julia Seelye Memorial Scholarship Gelma Mile

Laurie McCutcheon Memorial Endowed Scholarship Gabriel Hammond Katharine Baldwin

Les Dames d’Escoffier Endowed Scholarship Anna Gonzalez

*Lois Tice, Art is Life Endowed Scholarship Tana Martinez Santiago

Lovett Keiko Moriguchi International Business Scholarship Melika Korhani Shirazi Jennifer Moore

Lu Jiang Women Empowerment Endowed Scholarship Rosalia Antonio

Mano a Mano Endowed Scholarship Freddy Montiel

Margaret L. Bernard Endowed Student Award Scholarship Jennifer Ocampo

Markus & Mildred Mayer Horology Scholarship Jeffry Williams

Martin Luther King School Dream Foundation Endowed Fund Scholarship Abdiweli Abdi

McLennaghan Education Fund Scholarship Elena Bary Jordan Marsh

Melvin Choate Endowed Scholarship Kenneth Schumacher

Michiko Prehn Endowed Scholarship *Sovorn Chhim Embeba Gebre Kelly Mitchell

*MMS Giving Foundation Adopt Scholarship Branden Gistlinck Hanh Lim

Mollie V. Pepper Apparel Design Endowed Scholarship Nicole McMahan

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Scholarship Fe Schneider

Muckleshoot Tribal Council Endowed Scholarship Edrick Pittman

NSC Student Government Leadership Endowed Scholarship Yin Chan

*Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance (PNAA) Adopt Scholarship Aaron Bingham

*Parkside Garden Club Adopt Scholarship Jennifer Ricaurte Lopez

Pat Hills Finlayson Endowed Scholarship Aleksandr Marin

Pathways Scholarship Anays Garcia

Patricia Fleck MacKay Memorial Endowed Scholarship Rachel Drake Allison Simon

*Philip J. LeDuc, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Thomas Williams

Phyllis A. Mayo Memorial Fund Scholarship Alex Langenstein Siany Wulandari Becky Yu

*Plumb, Level, & Square Endowed Scholarship Sheila Roe

President John K. Aldrich Endowed Scholarship Lisa Smith

Professor Sami H. Abulhosn Scholarship Mahbuba Ehsani

Rachel Hidaka Fund Scholarship Minghua Yi

Ray W. Strand Endowed Scholarship Markus Bays

Rev. Samuel McKinney Scholarship Betty Andrews

Rex Ovena Endowed Scholarship Brianne Locke

Richard & Martha Weiland Endowed Scholarship for Apparel Design Mekela Spence

Richard & Martha Weiland Endowed Scholarship for the Seattle Culinary Academy Elizabeth Alexander

Richard E. & Margaret K. Baldwin Endowed Scholarship Miranda Johnson

Rick Barry Fellowship Endowed Scholarship Julia Ishihara Derek Svanevik

Roger M. Walters Endowed Scholarship in Woodworking Kayla Trail

Ronald E. Ames Scholarship Shienna Ann Carreon

Roy Flores Memorial Endowed Scholarship Evelyn Martinez

Safeco Business & Finance Scholarship Endowment Anna Novotny Delia Villegas

Safeco Insurance Foundation Endowed Scholarship Ariungua Badrakh

Sarkowsky Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Ana Huelvas Tellez Jason Williams

Seattle Central College Foundation Scholarship Najmeh Banaei Diego Cano Aleksandr Derlyuk Shannon Donahue

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Julia Durant-Storey Gabriel Hammond Aaron Lewis Sitara Lewis Anna Matilda Olsson Andrew Roland Alessandra Souza Lima Le Ngoc Quynh Tran Cinnamon Winkler

Seattle Colleges Foundation (SCF) Scholarship Elizabeth Alexander Markus Bays Daniel Blanton Jr. Joanna Gromadzka Jade Gruhn Julia Ishihara Kristen Kurth Janette Leon Robles Morgan Miklos Kelly Mitchell Susan Murdoch Lisa Smith Kayla Trail Uyen Truong Jeffry Williams

Seattle Colleges Scholarship for Nursing Fatou Jobe Gelma Mile Uyen Nguyen

Seattle Security Traders Association Endowed Scholarship Uyen Nguyen

*Serena G. Lee and Ida S. Mar Memorial Endowed Scholarship Hanifah Phu

*Services Group of America Endowed Scholarship Betty Andrews

Shiao-Yen Wu Endowment Scholarship April Heutmaker

Sinegal Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship James Griffin

*SkyCity Adopt Scholarship Leandra Dicken

*South Seattle College Foundation (SSCF) Adopt Scholarship Tamara Aidlin Marilyn Berona Aaron Bingham Brinae Brown Matthew Butorac Phal Chea Leandra Dicken Thi Dinh Alma Goolsbee Ernest Hall Hac Hoang Maggie Hughes Christine Ishkhanian Brian Keechle Nicola Kilcup Morgan Kirkpatrick Dawn Kraves Erin Merker Habibo Mohamed Anh Ngo Tung Nguyen David Nguyen Sanh Nguyen Stephanie Oostman Grace Peterson Victoria Rezende-Bastos Andrewlina Rivers Michell Rodriguez Tiffany Sampson Emily Schultz Tushar Sharma Colisha Shibly

Vandira Sorth Renee Stanley Michael Tewolde David Toledo Tuyen Tran Hai Truong Mussie Tsegay Anne Vo Mozaia Walton Angela Wapner Boonsan Yap

*South Seattle College Foundation (SSCF) General Endowed Scholarship Felix Bosques Diego Elenes Jennifer Hough Sheila Roe

*Stephen and Laurie Sparks Endowed Scholarship Emily Short

*Stephen K. Rockwood Endowed Scholarship Vanessa Burrell

Stepping Stones Scholarship Mu Reng Chen Shih-Tao Cho

Student Leadership Endowed Scholarship Celia Berk

The Alice Gautsch Foreman Endowed Scholarship Joshua Hansen

The Boeing Adopt Scholarship James Mahlmeister

The Boeing Company Endowed Scholarship Avelino Barrera-Martinez Christina Ciak

Kian Aliabadi Farahani Brian Fowler Daniel Gebreselassie Tony Green Ahmed Moussa Hailab Nega Jonathan Ng Raishawn Peebles Kenneth Sanchez Carrillo Collin Scott Thi Vu Dennis Wei

*The Boeing Endowed Scholarship Reid Kelly Timothy Kolade Jonathan Salazar Mendoza Enocka Samuel Dong Tran Tiffany Williams

The International News-Mike Alesko Apparel Design Endowed Scholarship Nicole McMahan

The June & Henry Chen District Endowment Fund Scholarship Chaker Baloch

The Space Needle Endowed Culinary Arts Scholarship Anna Gonzalez

The Tommy Fotheringham Memorial Endowed Scholarship Edrick Pittman

Thomas Tellini Memorial Scholarship Cassandra Starr Andy Wilson

*United Student Association Endowed Scholarship Zolzaya Batjargal

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*Vern Gambriell Endowed Scholarship Vanessa Burrell Yun Ping Chan Merve Haklidir Deondae Henderson Marlo Pikul Holloway

*Virginia & Aurlo Bonney Memorial Adopt Scholarship Tuyen Tran

*Warren & Nancy Smith Adopt Scholarship Andrewlina Rivers

Wayne & Jean Tice Endowed Scholarship Alexander Ferris Jonathan Heilman Alejandro Leon Rebecca Leslie William Magic Mohamed Samael

*West Seattle High Class of 1939 Endowed Scholarship Khin Win

*Willard R. Rhodes Endowed Scholarship Felix Bosques

Wyckoff Allied Health Scholarship Fund Reem Abraha Aleksandr Afanasenko Najmeh Banaei Xarah Bracho Miles Brooker Mikayla Brooks Destiny Bunoan Edward Capambi

Taryn Ciardi Glen Cook Cassandra Cooper Zachary Datko Asma Daud Iruoma Egboh Egboh Aleya Erickson Ricardo Franca Senait Gebrihwet Feven Ghide Robin Graham Trisha Johnson Jill Jurkowski Kieran Kennedy Kassia Korolev Danielle Martin Matthew Melapioni Aynalem Mengeste Madison Miller Tiffany Miller Freddy Montiel Awet Negash Thuy Pham Nelya Semenyuk Tamara Smith Senait Tensae Tsehay Tesfaye Smret Tewolde Danielle Townsend Aracely Viveros Campos Xuan Vong Anh Vu Patricia Warner Michelle Wayman Abeba Weldyesus Kemer Yeman Minghua Yi Larriett Young

Additional Board Members Rick Davis, Community Volunteer

Scott Ely, Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase

Sarah Jane Gunter, Technical Advisor, Worldwide Consumer Business, Amazon

Mike Hughes, Former President, Safeco

Joseph Jahn, Community Volunteer

Frederick Kiga, Independent Consultant

Richard Locke, Principal and Founder, DataWeb, Inc.

Rahim Rajan, Deputy Director for Postsecondary Education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Shiao Yen Wu, Owner and CEO, WPI Real Estate

Ex Officio Louise Chernin, Trustee, Seattle Colleges

Dr. Shouan Pan, Chancellor, Seattle Colleges

Dr. Chemene Crawford, President, North Seattle College

Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange, President, Seattle Central College

Dr. Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap, President, South Seattle College

Kerry Howell, Vice Chancellor for Advancement, Seattle Colleges

Special Advisor and Committee Volunteers Michael Cheung Bill Grinstein Steve Hill

Seattle College FoundationBoard of Directors

These Seattle Colleges leaders give tirelessly of their time, talents, and resources as members of our Board of Directors and volunteers.

Chair and Executive Chair Barbara Dingfield, Community Volunteer

Vice Chair Keith Schreiber, Principal, Schreiber Starling Whitehead Architects

Secretary and Development Advisory Chair Jon Fine, Former President and CEO, United Way of King County

Treasurer and Finance Chair Melba Bartels, Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO, BECU

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Special Thanks

South Seattle College Foundation Scholarship Underwriting and Administration

Kevin Bowersox-Johnson and Jesse Hernandez, Seattle Central College Online Experience Consultants

Eric Rossitch Videographer

Roslyn Hyde Graphic Designer

Seattle Colleges Faculty and Staff Scholarship References

Seattle Central College Office of Strategic Partnerships Advisory Help