Congratulations to the 2020-2021 CPF Scholarship Recipients! Please view the awards ceremony video linked below.
CPF Major and Named Scholarship Awards
Outstanding Student Award ($5,000)*
Questa Gleason, Cal Poly Pomona
Outstanding Student Award, Runner-Up ($3,000 each)*
Kevin Dumler, University of California, Berkeley
Whitney Heller, California State University, Northridge
Carline Hua, University of California, Irvine
Diversity in Planning Award ($3,000)*
Laura Elaine Daza-Garcia, University of California, Los Angeles
Merit Scholarships ($3,000 each)
Jazmin Amini, University of California, Berkeley
Felicia Jiang, University of California, Berkeley
Natalie Tran, University of California, San Diego
Richard H. Weaver Scholarship ($2,000)
Alejandro Gonzalez, University of California, Los Angeles
California Planning Roundtable (CPR) Memorial Scholarships ($1,000 each)
Gerrlyn Gacao, University of California, Los Angeles
Emmanuel Lopez, University of California, Berkeley
Maribel Sandoval Contreras, California State University, Northridge
APA California Scholarship in honor of Frank Wein ($1,000)
Dori Ganetsos, University of California, Berkeley
David Wilcox Scholarship ($1,000)
Matt Phillips, University of California, Los Angeles
Ken Milam Scholarship ($1,000)
Reaghan Murphy, University of Southern California
Paul Wack Cal Poly SLO Scholarship ($1,000)
Josephine Buchanan, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Paul Wack Sustainability Scholarship ($1,000)
Irene Takako Farr, University of California, Los Angeles
Planners4Health Scholarship ($1,000)
Honora Montano, University of California, Berkeley
Ted Holzem Memorial Scholarship ($1,000)
Rasheed Shabazz, University of California, Berkeley
Virginia Viado Memorial Scholarship ($1,000)
Khristian Decastro, University of California, Los Angeles
*Includes a full conference registration to the 2020 APA California Planning Conference held virtually.
Section Scholarship Awards
Russell Fey / Central Valley Section ($1,000)
Antonio Olea, Fresno State University
Central Coast Section ($1,500 each)
Josephine Buchanan, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Wesley Wong, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Inland Empire Section ($1,500 each)
Dominic Gonzalez, Cal Poly Pomona
Los Angeles Section ($1,000 each)
Sabrina Alonso, University of Southern California
Brian De La Ree, Cal Poly Pomona
Danielle Dirksen, University of Southern California
Serena Lin, University of Southern California
Daniel Luu, University of California, Los Angeles
Edgar Mejia, University of California, Los Angeles
Roxan Rivas, California State University, Northridge
Lena Rogow, University of California, Los Angeles
Nathan Romine, California State University, Northridge
Matthew Vu, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
Northern Section ($1,500 each)
Haeseo Choi, San Jose State University
Ethan Ebinger, University of California, Berkeley
Hannah Meeks, Sonoma State University
Karl Reinhardt, University of California, Berkeley
Rafael Velazquez, University of California, Berkeley
Orange Section ($1,000 each)
John Maldonado, University of California, Irvine
Veronica Morones, University of California, Irvine
Sacramento Valley Section ($1,500)
Evangelina Chavez, Sacramento State University
San Diego Section ($1,000 each)
Samantha Diaz, University of California, San Diego
Samuel Solis, San Diego State University
