For 2018, the Foundation received a record amount of applications from all affiliates, and awarded twelve scholarships: eight $1,500 scholarships and four $1,000 awards for Best Essays. View the entire press release.

Scholarship Recipients

Joshua Dietz

Buhach Colony High School, Atwater, CA

Sponsoring Member and Affiliate: Erick Dietz, CSUEU Chapter 308 Stanislaus

Kaytlin Greenlaw

Huntington Beach High School, Huntington Beach, CA

Sponsoring Member and Affiliate: Judith Traver, California State Retirees, Chapter 34

Cory Heads

Village Glen West High School, Ingelwood, CA

Sponsoring Member and Affiliate: Karen Heads, SEIU Local 1000, DLC 723

April Rice

Glendora High School, Duarte, CA

Sponsoring Member and Affiliate: Robert Rice, CSUEU Chapter 319 Cal Poly Pomona

Reshma Sanikommu

CSU Los Angeles, CA

Sponsoring Member and Affiliate: Madhu Vatti, CSUEU Chapter 322 Monterey Bay

Amanda Silva

Santa Maria High School, Santa Maria, CA

Sponsoring Member and Affiliate: Cynthia Silva, SEIU Local 1000, DLC 726

Samantha Smith

Lassen High School, Janesville, CA

Sponsoring Member and Affiliate: Liane Smith, ACSS Chapter 502

Kennedy Stitt-Riley

King-Drew Magnet High School, Los Angeles, CA

Sponsoring Member and Affiliate: Phyllis Stitt, SEIU Local 1000, DLC 702

Best Essay Recipients

Krystal Rhaburn

Attending Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA

Sponsoring Member and Affiliate: Lodiawick Henderson, California State Retirees, Chapter 9

Lauryn Bynum

Riverside Poly High School, Oakland, CA

Sponsoring Member and Affiliate: Tina Bynum, ACSS, Chapter 514

Zaylin Jackson

Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA

Sponsoring Member and Affiliate: Zana Wilkins Jackson, California State Retirees, Chapter 6

Nason Tarver

Christian Brothers High School, Elk Grove, CA

Sponsoring Member and Affiliate: Arreka Tarver, SEIU Local 1000, DLC 789