One hundred sixteen High School Students Receive Scholarships to Attend Cabrillo College
George Ow, Jr. and his family have been providing American Dream Scholarships to local ethnic minority and disadvantaged high school seniors enrolling at Cabrillo College since 1989. Over the past 25 years, the Ow Family has awarded approximately $460,000 to more than 1,000 graduating high school students coming to Cabrillo. This year the Ow Family has awarded a $500 scholarship per student to a total of 116 students. It is just one of the many ways the Ow Family continues to support students and the mission of Cabrillo College.
American Dream Scholarship recipient, Leslie Sandoval, will be graduating from Soquel High School and looks forward to attending Cabrillo College and then transferring to a four-year university to major in business. She will be the first in her family to go to college. At the ceremony she addressed the audience and shared her appreciation.
‘Thank you so much for everything and I hope that one day I will be able to help out students like the Ow family has done.”
Courtney Turner, George Ow, Mr.’s niece, is a Cabrillo alumna who played for Cabrillo’s Women’s Soccer team. At the ceremony, she spoke passionately about her grandparents, their legacy, and the impact their hard work has made on many generations. “My family believes in the power of education, and we are proud to be able to award the American Dream Scholarships each year to deserving students. It is important to us to repay our community and our country with these scholarships.’’
The Ow family has continued its long-standing tradition of contributing to the community and the Santa Cruz County community has greatly benefited from the Ow family’s contributions.
The 2014 American Dream Scholarship Recipients
Aptos High School: Richard Alvarez-Gonzalez, Gabriella Denike, Edgar Gomez, Tyler Marsh, Yasmin Mata, Jessica Olivares-Ramos, Christian Saldana, Samuel Slater, Ariana Zambrano
ARK Independent Studies: Dahniella Valadez- Powell
Cypress Charter High School: Stephanie Flores, Alondra Mendoza
Harbor High School: Johannes Zolk
Pajaro Valley High School: Jose Aguilar, Cesar Alvarez, Nancy Anaya-Fernandez, Nancy Anaya-Zamora, Ryanne Arellano, Brenda Becerra, Diana Calderon, Adriana Chavez, Osvaldo Contreras, Daisy Cruz, Marisol De Leon, Leonardo Delgado, Brenda Diaz, Yoseline Garcia-Soriano, Maria Gomez, Karen Gonzalez, Yossilyn Herrera, Sergio Ibarra, Jesse Jimenez, Claudia, Lechuga, Daniel Lopez, Kelvin Lopez, Rosa Madrigal, Edi Magdaleno, Valeria Montion, Crystal Ojeda, Francisco Ojeda, Veronica Peredia, Oscar Plascencia, Lizet Robles, Daisy Rocha, Noemi Rocha, Ricardo Rocha, Anitza Romero, Clemente Sandoval, Xavier Vargas, Karla Vasquez, Rodrigo Venegas-Martinez, Eric Yanez
Renaissance High School: Debbie Alvarez, Andres Blanco, Elizabeth Castro, Martin Lopez-Aguilar, Robert Lujah, Jaqueline Mariscai-Leal, Jose Martinez, Carlos Mendez-Florez, Maria Quiroz-Mendoza, Felipe Ramirez, Miguel Renteria, Alexia Rodriguez, Leslie Ruiz, Alexa Sarabia, Brenda Vargas, Joanna Zamora
Santa Cruz County Office of Education: Brandy Hernandez, Gloria Sanchez Peralta
Soquel High School: Katia Cuevas-Cruz, Adriana Flores, Brenda Garcia, Dafne Pina, Cristian Salazar, Leslie Sandoval, Charity Victor
SOS Program: Ana Bernal, Daniel Garcia, Joycelynn Gonzalez, Alejandra Hurtado, Claudia Lopez, Leonor Medina, Emmanuel Ortiz, Sara Regalado, Yolanda Rocha-Rocha, Noe Rojas, Oswaldo Soto
Watsonville High School: Yvette Aguirre-Romo, Nancy Ayala, Richard Banuelos, Doroty Beltran-Santiago, Luis Bojorquez, Angelica Carrillo, Olivia Covarrubias, Shanthal Ferreyra, Lucero Flores Jacobo, Eloy Garcia, Yesenia Garcia, Blanca Gutierrez, Vesica Heras, Karina Lopez, Brendon Magana, Lizabeth Martinez, Sebastian Mata-Garcia, Jisela Nava, Sandra Partida, Marisol Pineda, Celina Regalado, Alfredo Sanchez, Sophia Serriteno, Cruz Vigii Rocha, Elsie Ybarra, Jasmine Zamora, Eriberto Zuniga
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The Cabrillo College Foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1962 to raise private donations for the support of Cabrillo programs. Private support is used for student scholarships, research and educational programs, faculty and departmental support, facilities, and equipment. Of the 1,400 community colleges in the nation, the Cabrillo College Foundation ranks among the top 2%.
Local citizens, college staff, faculty and Cabrillo trustees serve on the 27-member foundation board, representing all geographic areas. Since inception, the foundation has raised over $54 million for college and has built an endowment of over $22 million.
Cabrillo College is a leading California community college serving Santa Cruz County with locations in Aptos, Scotts Valley and Watsonville. Founded in 1959, the college offers over 100 academic and career technical education and is dedicated to helping all students achieve their academic, career, and personal development goals.