2009 Scholars

On Monday, May 11, 2009, at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley, we had the pleasure of presenting High Hopes Scholarship awards to the following outstanding Berkeley High School graduates.

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Photos of 2009 Scholarship Ceremony

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Arai Buendia – College Graduate

2009 Berkeley Community Fund High Hopes Scholarship recipient
San Francisco State University

 

Arai Buendia graduated in May 2013. She received a Bachelor of Science in Health…

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Nigel Calhoun – College Graduate

2009 Berkeley Community Fund High Hopes Scholarship recipient
University of California, Riverside
Graduated May 2013

B.A. Sociology/Administrative Studies

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Morris Callegari

2009 Ask.com High Hopes Scholarship recipient
University of California, Riverside

My mother could no longer afford to work three jobs to keep me in ASA. Her…

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Elizabeth Cortez Santander

2009 Marion Marshall High Hopes Scholarship recipient
Humboldt State University

Growing up in a single parent, low income household is not easy. From the

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Mika Kubo

2009 Alafi Family High Hopes Scholarship recipient
University of California, Berkeley

I had only been living in Berkeley for a few months, but I was utterly…

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Shahidah Lacy – College Graduate

2009 Berkeley Community Fund High Hopes Scholarship recipient
Holy Names University

I want to go to college because I want to help people for the rest…

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Brissa Mendoza

2009 Dorothy Walker High Hopes Scholarship recipient
University of California, Santa Cruz

I think that the most important thing I’ve learned about myself is that I…

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Maria Mendoza Cordero

2009 Martin Paley High Hopes Scholarship recipient
University of California, Davis

Last year I visited my ancestral home Guatemala, a vision that brought to life a…

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Diepriye Olali

2009 Berkeley High School Class of 1951/Berkeley Community Fund
High Hopes Scholarship recipient
University of Southern California

My house has been robbed, gunshots heard on…

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Marissa Sanchez

2009 Maxwell Family High Hopes Scholarship recipient
University of California, Irvine

Being the oldest in my family places a great deal of responsibility on my…

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Humaira Shah

2009 Meckfessel Family High Hopes Scholarship recipient
University of California, Davis

I was born in Pakistan, the youngest of seven children. The struggle of assimilation into this new…

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Bisrat Tekie

2009 Tubach Singhal High Hopes Scholarship recipient
Sarah Lawrence College

I was born in Addis Ababa, but moved to Asmara after Eritrean independence. In August 2006, I left…

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