- For Immediate Release –
Cupertino, CA - The Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS®, presented scholarship awards to 18 graduating seniors from public high schools in Silicon Valley at the end of the 2012-2013 school year. Each student received a $1,000 scholarship.
Now on its 14th year, the REALTOR® scholarship program recognizes students who have exemplified outstanding achievements in academics, extracurricular/employment activities and community involvement. The selection committee included representatives from the local business community, area high schools, area colleges and the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR).
Students who received scholarships from the Foundation, the schools from which they graduated, and the colleges and universities they will be attending are:
Recipient High School College/University
Nicole Reichenberger Cupertino High School San Diego State University
Denzel Mel Q. Campos Fremont High School San Francisco State University
Silviane Man-Willrich Gunn High School Mills College
Kevin Tom Homestead High School UC Davis
Arnela Colic Leigh High School UC Berkeley
Jerry Liu Los Altos High School Princeton University
Ruchika Vashisht Goel Los Gatos High School Cornell University
Soumya Kandukuri Lynbrook High School Occidental College
Anna de Benedictis Menlo-Atherton High School UC Davis
Gal Haroush Monta Vista High School UC Santa Barbara
Viet Nguyen Mountain View High School Brown University
Sharon Tseng Palo Alto High School Stanford University
Ian Ferguson Prospect High School UC Berkeley
Mahdi Hasan Khan Santa Clara High School American University
Jacqueline Gu Saratoga High School Brown University
Keren Hendel Westmont High School Tufts University
Ajay Patel Wilcox High School University of Pennsylvania
Michelle Erazo Woodside High School University of San Francisco
"We are very happy we have been able to assist our youth for the past 14 years as they embark on their college careers," said SILVAR Scholarship Chair Nina Yamaguchi. "The seniors selected for the SILVAR Scholarship Program are very deserving of recognition. We are pleased we can help our local students achieve their dreams."
"Our scholarship program is one way REALTORS® are able to give back to the community and to our youth," added John Tripp, 2013 president of the Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation. "We also thank the teachers and staff in each high school for their help in making this program the success every year."
SILVAR members who attended the senior awards ceremonies at the selected high schools and presented the scholarships to the recipients include Chris Alston (Keller Williams), Carolyn Miller (Re/Max Real Estate Services), Jimmy Kang (Wells Fargo Home Mortgage), Vivian Wang (Coldwell Banker), Bill Rehbock (Coldwell Banker), Joanne Fraser (Coldwell Banker), Kim Richman (Sereno Group), Mark Burns (Referral Realty), Mary Tan (Coldwell Banker), Amy Sung (DeLeon Realty), Robert Reid (Keller Williams), Nicole Maroko (Re/Max Real Estate Services), David Tonna (Alain Pinel Realtors), Russell Morris (Coldwell Banker) and Theresa Loya (Coldwell Banker).
Scholarship recipients are selected from the high schools in the communities served by the over 4,000 members of the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS®®. Since its inception, the Silicon Valley REALTORS®' scholarship program has provided $252,000 in scholarships to over 250 graduating high school seniors in Silicon Valley.
The Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR) is a professional trade organization representing over 4,000 REALTORS® and Affiliate members engaged in the real estate business on the Peninsula and in the South Bay. SILVAR promotes the highest ethical standards of real estate practice, serves as an advocate for homeownership and homeowners, and represents the interests of property owners in Silicon Valley.
The term "REALTOR®" is a registered collective membership mark which identifies a real estate professional who is a member of the National Association of REALTORS® and who subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics.
For further information, please contact Rose Meily at SILVAR Public Affairs, email , or phone (408) 200-0109.