2011 Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Award Recipients(In alphabetic order)

Name High School School LocationMiss Husna Aziz JEB Stuart High School Falls Church, VirginiaMr. Justin Chang Richard Montgomery High School Rockville, Maryland Miss Alice Chang Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, Maryland Miss Cynthia Chiang Winston Churchill High School Potomac, Maryland Miss Meghan Doyle Robinson High School Fairfax, Virginia Miss Marika Emanuel Westfield High School Chantilly, Virginia Miss Eun Kyeong(Grace) Jeong Chantilly High School Chantilly, Virginia Miss Azma Khan Lake Braddock High School Burke, Virginia Mr. Michael Le Gaithersburg High School Gaithersburg, Maryland Mr. Kai-li Liang Mount Saint Joseph High School Baltimore, MarylandMiss Caitlyn Maczka Damascus High School Damascus, Maryland Mr. Elliot Randolph Woodrow Wilson Senior High School Washington, DC Mr. Benjamin Sandberg Gaithersburg High School Gaithersburg, Maryland Mr. Sheldon N. Trotman Northwest High School Germantown, Maryland Miss Katherine Wang Thomas Jefferson High School Alexandria, Virginia Miss Jessica Wilson Thomas S. Wootton High School Rockville, Maryland Miss Lynn Wu Annandale High School Annandale, Virginia

Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Award

In order to enhance the relationship between Taiwanese American and the community where Taiwanese American lives and to provide encouragement and inspiration of young Americans to excel in leadership, community services as well as academic achievement, the Taiwan Culture Center (TCC) of the greater Washington area is proud to sponsor the “Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Award”. The TCC Board of Directors (BOD) invites all senior students to apply for this scholarship.

Qualification & Application All graduating high school seniors of the ten selected schools are eligible to apply. One or more awards

will be given to each chosen school, provided there are sufficient applicants from that particular school. All graduating high school seniors in the Washington DC metropolitan area who are not from the ten

selected schools are also eligible to apply. There will be one or more awards in this (At-Large) category if there are at least five applicants in this category.

It is open to all qualified students from all ethnic groups. Limited to citizens and permanent residents of USA.

The deadline of application is generally in mid-April of each year.

Evaluation criteria: Leadership (30%); Community Services and Extra Curricula Activities (30%); Academic Achievement (30%); A written essay of no more than 500 words on “My Most Rewarding Experience of Participation in Community Services” Essay (10%)The application forms are available at the following web link: http://www.TaiwanCultureCtr.org/tacsa/.

2011 Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Award Recipients

(In alphabetic order)

Husna Aziz Husna Aziz is a senior at J.E.B. Stuart High School. Husna has participated in various extracurricular activities including, National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society and Art Honor Society. She holds many leadership positions; she is the President of Spanish Honor Society and Secretary for the Art and Math Honor Society. Husna has excellent organizational skills and leadership. She is dedicated to helping better her community and tackling the issues her community faces. Husna has devoted her 4 years to reading to kindergartners on a weekly basis in order to help them develop basic reading and writing

skills. She is also committed to helping eliminate illiteracy in her community of immigrants. She is a hard worker who reaches up to her full potential, always attempting to reach her maximum potential. Additionally, on a weekly basis Husna tutors students in Biology, Trigonometry, and Calculus. She has excelled in her International Baccalaureate (IB) courses in school. In the fall, Husna will attend George Mason University in hopes of majoring in Biology and minor in Spanish. She plans to become a Dentist in the future and continue her efforts towards her community through her work as a dentist.

Justin Chang Justin Chang is currently a senior and IB diploma candidate at Richard Montgomery High School (MD). His academic achievements include recognition as a National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Wendy’s Heisman High School Winner, and US Presidential Scholars Candidate. In the spring of 2010, he received the Cornell Book Award from the school’s history department. Justin also attended the Washington School of Chinese Language and Culture and consecutively earned the Principal’s Award for Academic Achievement thirteen times, and received the Hai Hwa Honor Roll in the spring of 2009.In high school, Justin has started and lettered for the boy’s varsity volleyball team since freshman year, leading the team to a county championship in 2009. He has also received the MPSSAA Minds in

Motion Scholar Athlete Award from 2008 through 2010, All-Gazette Honorable Mention recognition in 2010, and the Rocket Award – again in 2010, and will captain the team this spring. Outside of school, Justin has competed regionally and nationally with the Maryland Volleyball Program’s 18-1’s Red team since his sophomore year.He has studied piano with Dr. Chen-li Tzeng for over the last decade, taking first in the Miriam Gottlieb Memorial Competition in 2007 and 2009 and 3rd in the AAMS International Competition – Senior Division in 2010. He currently serves as one of the editors-in-chief of the school paper, The Tide, and sings with the Testostertones – an all-male a cappella group. He plans on majoring in engineering at Baylor University next fall.

Alice Chang Alice Chang was born and raised in a small suburban town called Buffalo Grove, Illinois. In her home, she and her older sister were fortunate enough

to grow up speaking Chinglish. From a very young age, she was familiar with this “fusion of cultures” or integration of two very different, yet similar worlds.Five years ago, her family moved to Rockville, Maryland. Over the years, she has made many friends and encountered many diverse cultures. In addition, she has also grown in many aspects. Now, a senior at Walter Johnson High School, she is more involved in school and in the community, as she is the President of a club at school called Operation Fly that helps the homeless in the Maryland/D.C. area. She loves to play badminton, both at school and at a local community center. Not only does she enjoy getting a pretty good workout, but she also finds it a fun pastime to engage in with friends.Music also plays a very prominent role in her life. She appreciates a broad spectrum of music, ranging from classic rock to indie-folk. She has even developed an immense passion for singing, and playing piano, violin, and guitar. She began taking lessons for piano and violin at a very young age, and has been teaching herself to play the guitar for a year.Next fall, she plans to attend University of Maryland at College Park, majoring in Psychology..

Cynthia ChiangCynthia is a senior at Winston Churchill High School. She is in the Science National Honors Society and Mu Alpha Theta. She has participated in many extracurricular and volunteer activities. Cynthia has been singing in Glorystar Children’s Chorus and playing piano since first grade. She received the MSMTA Senior Distinguished Music Achievement Award last year for piano. At Churchill, she is the president of the Chemathon Club. Cynthia has been practicing Tae Kwon Do since fourth grade. She earned her black belt in 2006 and now helps teach Tae Kwon Do at Positive Impact Martial Arts. She also enjoys playing tennis, volleyball, snowboarding. Cynthia tutored high school students at CAPSA. Cynthia volunteered for one summer at Washington Hospital Center in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. She

currently interns at Suburban Hospital with an interventional radiologist. Cynthia wants to pursue a career in medicine and will be attending the University of Maryland: College Park this fall majoring in Biology.

Meghan Doyle A senior at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Meghan Doyle is both a dedicated student as well as an avid musician. Maintaining a 4.26 GPA, Meghan consistently receives high marks in all of her classes, many of them being International Baccalaureate classes. As a musician, Meghan partakes in multiple ensembles at her school to include wind band, marching band, percussion ensemble, and philharmonic orchestra. Meghan holds leadership positions such as clarinet section leader and band president. She consistently is ranked as one the top clarinetists in both the district and the state of Virginia as she has been a four-time member of the District XI Band as well as a two-time member of the All-Virginia Band. In her spare time, Meghan enjoys hiking and biking as well as listening to movie soundtracks.

Meghan also enjoys traveling, having traveled and preformed throughout Europe in the summer of 2009. Next year Meghan plans to major in instrumental music education at Florida State University in Tallahassee. After that she plans to pursue her masters in either music ethnocology or clarinet performance.

Marika Emanuel Marika Emanuel is a senior at Westfield High School and involved in sports, service, and art in her community. She has been swimming for 13 years on her summer swim team and 9 years on a competitive swim team year-round, along with being a member of Westfield’s Varsity Swim and Dive team. This will be her third year giving private lessons and being an official coach for her summer team and a year-long developmental program. She is also involved in service through both her school and church communities. At school, she volunteers weekly as a tutor/mentor for her school’s Top Dogs program. She has also been a member of their school’s service group, Interact Club. At church, she is a member of their service youth group, Agape, with which she has attended a week-long service trip for three consecutive summers. She also frequently volunteers for Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation. The hobby she is most passionate about is photography. She has been taking classes for four years and have developed a genuine love for taking photos, especially portraiture. She will be attending the College of William and Mary next fall, with plans to major in neuroscience, because of her interest in biology and psychology. She is considering continuing her education into medical school with the hopes of become a neurologist. Along with neuroscience, she would also like to continue her studies of French, photography, and the humanities.

Eun Kyeong(Grace) JeongEun Kyeong (Grace) Jeong is a graduating senior at Chantilly High School. She is an active member of the National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, and is the treasurer of the Science National Honor Society at her school. She has participated in her school science fair by placing first in two of her projects, The Effect of Temperature/Time in Baby Bottles with and without BPA and The Effect of Amyloglucosidase on Ethanol Production and also was nominated to attend the Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair where she placed second for both projects. She is actively involved in her community by volunteering at the INOVA

Fair Oaks Hospital, AWANA (Approve Workmen are Not Ashamed) and Vacation Bible School at her church, KCPC. She is the eldest of four children in a family which moved from Korea when Grace was five. Because Grace’s parents, who are fluent in Korean but not skilled English speakers, are both self employed, Grace has played the role of their translator, their daughter, their school liaison for their sisters, and their bookkeeper. The eight years that she has been the family accountant had a great impact on her and has helped her interest in wanting to pursue in an area of business administration. This interest, combined with the fact that neither Grace nor any member of her family has health insurance, has prompted her to want to pursue a profession in hospital administration. She hopes to serve as a patient advocate.

Azma Khan Azma Khan is currently a senior at Lake Braddock Secondary School. She prides herself on giving back to her local community and school. She also is involved in multiple clubs including the College Partnership Program, in which she is Vice President. She balances her schoolwork while she works as a sales associate at Judy Ryan of Fairfax. Azma is planning on attending Virginia Tech in the fall and will be majoring in Business. She will be a first-

generation college student. Both of her parents did not have the opportunity to go to college, which is why Azma is so determined to graduate from a four-year university and become successful. Azma strives to do her best and accomplish any and all the goals she has set for herself. She is grateful for everything her family has provided her and the multitude of opportunities she has been given. She tries to persevere through any obstacles that may come her way and she continues to remain optimistic towards the future.

Michael Le Michael Le is a senior graduating from Gaithersburg High School. He is a diligent student who manages a healthy balance between his academics and extra curricular activities. He maintained straight A’s throughout most of his high school career while taking part in varsity sports and multifarious school clubs and organizations. He has played on the Gaithersburg Boy’s Varsity Tennis team for all four years serving as captain for the last two years, while playing as First Singles for the last three years. He is apart of the National Honor Society in which he serves as the lead tutor to all ESOL students. He is also an officer of the Spanish Honor Society. With regard to school clubs, he is the President of the Asian American Club and Business Academy. As head of the Asian American Club, he educates his peers on the culture and traditions of Asian countries while allowing the members, of all backgrounds, to share their experiences and knowledge of their own culture. He is awarded as both a Maryland Distinguished Scholar as well as an AP Scholar. Aside from traditional academics, he is graduating from the National Academy of Finance for fulfilling the requirements of a second curriculum in business. From the Academy of Finance, he obtained an internship with the Department of Commerce which is where he spent the past summer working. Michael aspires to minor in Cognitive Neuroscience while double majoring in Finance and International Business at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

Kai-li Liang As a student at Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore, Kai-li Liang has challenged himself academically, taking Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) classes. As a senior, he is currently taking 5 AP classes. He is a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society. In addition to serving as the President of the Student Council this year, Kai-li has also been actively involved as a group leader on the senior and junior retreats. During his sophomore year he founded the Asian-American Cultural Club and served as president for two years. Recognized for his leadership skills, he was selected to participate in the Anti-Defamation League National Youth Leadership Conference in Washington DC in 2009 and currently serves as a student representative on his school’s accreditation planning committee. One of his favorite extracurricular activities during the past four years has been participating in the musical productions at his

school. Kai-li gives back to the community by serving as a volunteer at Our Daily Bread hot meal program and volunteering at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore last summer. For his senior project, he is part of a team establishing a Habitat for Humanity Chapter at his school. In his spare time he enjoys taking Taiwanese language lessons and cooking Taiwanese dishes with

his grandfather. He will be attending the University of Maryland College Park this fall and plans to pursue a career in biology.

Caitlyn Maczka Caitlyn Maczka is a social, intellectual, and motivated senior at Damascus High School. She has been on the Varsity Tennis team

since Freshmen year, and participates in numerous extracurricular activities. She is a member of the National Honors Society and the Student Academy of Science. She has served as Public Relations Officer for the Foreign Language Honors Society, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and the Student Government Association. In Drama Club, she is a Set Crew member, and has served as the Props Mistress, making, and organizing props for the musical. She is an Alto in the Charles Wesley Singer’s Choir, and has participated in two half-month choir tours, one throughout New England and another to Tennessee and surrounding states. Of all her activities, she enjoys Girl Scouts most. She is a Silver Award recipient, and participates in projects involving food banks, the Damascus Community Center, women’s shelters, gardening, planning children’s craft days, getting CPR and First Aid certified, trail and beach clean-ups, and giving historical tours of the C&O Canal. In 2008 she used her passion for helping others and her Spanish Language interests to volunteer in Pital, Costa Rica. She visited orphanages and helped with building projects to benefit the local economy, and taught a children’s afterschool camp. For various achievements, she has received many awards such as the Maryland Distinguished Scholars Honorable Mention, Maryland State Certificate of Meritorious Service with over 500 volunteer hours, Harry V. Stipe Scholar/Athlete Nominee, Sportsmanship Award, and Principal’s Award for Academic Excellence.

Elliot Randolph Elliot Randolph is currently a senior at Woodrow Wilson Senior High School in Washington DC. Elliot has been very active at his school as a member of the National Honor Society, math tutor, violinist in the Wilson String Ensemble, and a member of the varsity basketball and track teams. Elliot has also been very active in community service activities. He is the founder and first violinist for Strings for Wells, a string ensemble with his siblings. All proceeds from performances are donated towards the building of clean water wells in Africa. Elliot also serves as a teacher’s assistant at his church and has donated much time during his sophomore year supporting activities at Martha’s Table, raising health awareness and the prevention of urban youth violence in low income communities.

Elliot will be attending Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York in the fall. Elliot’s career aspiration is to become a surgeon, donating a portion of his time performing surgeries at clinics and hospitals treating individuals unable to afford quality medical treatment. Elliot is extremely honored to receive this award.

Benjamin Sandberg Benjamin Sandberg is a senior at Gaithersburg High School and will attend the University of Maryland at College Park. He has been admitted into the prestigious Honors College and plans to major in English. Ben has a keen interest in social justice issues, especially those pertaining to children with developmental disabilities. One future possibility is to attend graduate school and study law in order to serve this population. Ben is a member of the National Honors Society and has played both Varsity Basketball and Volleyball. Ben loves to read, and his passion is writing. He plans on pursuing a minor in Creative Writing, with the dream of one day becoming an author.Ben has earned more than 530 Student Service Learning Hours, and has received the Prudential Spirit of Community Certificate of Merit

and Certificate of Achievement Awards, as well as a Letter of Commendation for Community Service from President George W Bush. He has enjoyed working with developmentally disabled children, and feeding the homeless, as well as volunteering as a counselor at a Christian sports camp. In addition, Ben has volunteered many hours working in a community camp for children with parents of limited income. This summer he will travel to Guatemala with a service team from his church, assisting in various work projects in the community and in schools. Ben is thrilled to have received this scholarship, and is really excited about the future and all the possibilities it may hold!

Sheldon N. Trotman From as far back as he can remember he always wanted to become an engineer in either the computer science or aerospace arena. This passion came out of his love of computers, mathematics and flying objects. He worked really hard to achieve his full potential and he made great strides from as far back as elementary school. Also in middle school, he was fortunate to be selected for one of Maryland’s signature academic programs – the Math, Science and Computer Science Magnet Program for the Highly Gifted and Talented students. As he went through this program he was convinced that this was his forte. He absolutely loved math, science and computer programming and he excelled in each.At the end of his sophomore year in high school, he had already completed all of the computer programming courses at their school including the AP Advance Computer Programming. By junior year, he had completed all of the HS requirements, and six AP courses (Calculus BC, Physics C, Computer Programming, World History, US Government – will be sitting Statistics this year). He has also ventured outside of school and completed the University of Maryland’s introductory Engineering Course, their Intermediate level Java Programming, and a Computer Aided Design course at the Montgomery Community college. In high school, he worked excessively, not only because he needed it to get into a prestigious engineering school, but more importantly to prove that minorities also contain an insatiable desire for knowledge. Over time, he received numerous awards and accolades for his performance and he was even invited to serve on the state Academy Of Finance board. Sadly, many of his friends and other students of color were still relaxing and settling for mediocre grades. He believed that they could make it too if they had someone to help them. He met with the assistant principal and together they formed the club they call the Friends Reaching Educational and Social Heights (FRESH) Scholars. The final goal is intended to help as many people as possible so they can pursue higher areas of knowledge. In addition, after this program has taken root in his microcosm of the community, they plan to expand onto other horizons and into the broader community. This idea of incorporation is so important to him because his community’s actions, attitudes, and guidance have sculpted him into the individual he is today, tomorrow, and forever. He knows they are the reason he wake up every day prepared with his head held high and a clear mind open to everything that life has to offer..

Katherine Wang Katherine Wang is a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. During her high school years, she has pursued rigorous academic studies and found a passion for leadership and community service. She co-founded Aspire Debate, Inc., a non-profit organization that promotes debate education by hosting a summer debate camp for middle school students. She has always been a strong advocate for children literacy and writing

programs, and she serves as the Co-President of Teens-Helping-Kids, a volunteer group that teaches creative writing classes to local elementary school students. In school, she is a Varsity Debater on her school's Lincoln-Douglas Debate Team and won the Quarterfinalist title at the Metro Final Championships. She is also the Co-President of the Women in Leadership and Development Club, which provides leadership training and community service opportunity for women. Katherine enjoys creative problem solving, and her Odyssey of the Mind team won third place at the 2008 World Finals for the “Tee Structure” problem. She also enjoys studying language. She studies Chinese, is a member of the French Honor Society, and was a National Laureate for the National French Exam. In her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano and dancing. She will be attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the fall.

Jessica WilsonJessica Wilson, otherwise known as Wei Qilan 衛 綺 蘭 will be graduating from Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland this June. Her main academic interests are Chinese language and culture, and the physical sciences. She started studying Chinese six years ago at Cabin John Middle School and at Rockville Chinese school. She also has studied Chinese calligraphy at Vis Arts with Bertrand Mao, and has learned about poetry, traditional painting and scripts such as the Seal, Li, Grass, and Standard Scripts. She hopes to attain fluency in vernacular as well as classical Chinese. Jessica also is interested in physics and

engineering. At Wootton High school, she served as president of the engineering club, a club that teaches about the principles of engineering through community events such as Wootton High School’s March Madness Science Fair. She also has participated in local engineering competitions such as Final Frontiers. Last summer, she interned at the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) where she worked on the electronic kilogram project. This summer, she will return to NIST to work under Dr. Tsai Hong on Dr. Hong’s robotic vision research project. In the fall, Jessica will be attending Princeton University where she plans to major in physics, and minor in electrical engineering, and Chinese language and culture.

Lynn Wu Lynn is currently a senior at Annandale High School in Annandale, VA. In school, she is a member of National Honor Society and STAND club (the student-led division of Genocide Intervention). In addition to juggling numerous IB classes, she actively participates in Varsity sports such as track & field and cheerleading; holding four Varsity letters and making Northern Region Athletic Honor Roll every sports season. In 2010, Lynn partook in the highly-competitive Virginia STARTALK Chinese Academy (Governor’s School) at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Community service is also a prominent role in Lynn’s life, as she received the President’s Volunteer Service Award, USA Freedom Corps in 2007

and volunteers with Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) at INOVA Fairfax Hospital. She volunteered at the Capital Hospice Thrift Store and was a page/assistant at the George Mason Regional Library as well. Since 2008, Lynn is especially proud of volunteer-coaching cheerleading class and her little cheerleaders at Washington DC Taiwanese School (WDCTS).

In regard to the Taiwanese community, Lynn attended Taiwanese and Mandarin language classes at WDCTS from 1995 – 2010. She is currently a faculty member at the school as a

cheerleading coach and teaching assistant in a Mandarin class. She also acted as Master of Ceremonies (MC) for the Taiwanese American Association (TAA) Lunar New Year Banquet in 2007 and 2008. Lynn was awarded the Outstanding Youth Award by the Taiwanese Youth Arts Foundation (TYAF) in 2009 and the Outstanding Student Award by the American Citizens of Taiwan Origin (ACTO) in 2011.