Scholars
We are proud to support the college educations of these young women and men.
SDEF Scholars
Sophia Leon
CRAWFORD HIGH/SDSU
Teacher Scholar Sophia Leon earned a liberal studies degree from SDSU in 2023 and expects to finish training for a bilingual, multi-subject teaching credential in 2024. “I want to teach older elementary school students,” she said, “then move up to high school and eventually teach multicultural education at a university.
Gabriel Morales Garrido
KEARNY HIGH/UCSD
STEM Scholar Gabriel Morales Garrido has been studying neurodiagnostic technology and human physiology at San Diego Mesa College ahead of his transfer to UCSD in the fall 2023. He also has been working in hospitals as he moves toward a career as a physician’s assistant. He expects to graduate in 2027.
Stephanie Morales
HOOVER HIGH/SDSU
STEM Scholar Stephanie Morales is making friends, completing internships and having fun in the Civil Engineering Club at SDSU, where she expects to graduate in 2024. Stephanie is a first-generation Mexican-American. Her family is proud of her accomplishments and we are, too!
More Scholars
Teacher Scholars
Briana Aldapa
Grace Lepore
Jesus Cortez
Abigail Gonzalez
Daphne Nguyen
STEM Scholars
Jonathan Razo, SDSU
Nguyen Khanh Van Hoang, SDSU
Stephanie Morales, SDSU
Zundus Farah, UCSD
Justin Pendarvis, UCSD
Larisa Dummer, UCSD
Zuadi Farah, SDSU
Gabriel Morales, UCSD
Kristy Ky, UCSD
Ijabo Ibrahim, SDSU
Joseph Manzanares, SDSU
Saynab Aden, UCSD
Hajir Al Obaidi, SDSU
Rhilo Sotto, SDSU
Andrea Tran, UCSD