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Silicon Valley REALTORS® Award Scholarships to 18 High School Seniors
The Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation Trust, the charitable arm of the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® presented scholarships to 18 graduating seniors from public high schools in Silicon Valley at the end of the 2023-2024 school year. Each student received a $1,500 scholarship.
The scholarship program is a partnership effort between the Foundation and educators in public high schools located in SILVAR's service areas. The program recognizes students for their outstanding achievements in academics, extracurricular activities, and community involvement. Since it was established 25 years ago, the program has awarded $517,500 in scholarships to graduating Silicon Valley high school seniors.
"SILVAR established our scholars program as part of a long-term effort to support our communities and schools, and to invest in our youth. In addition to honoring our students, we thank the teachers, administrators and school board members who make our schools special," said Nina Yamaguchi, Charitable Foundation scholarship program chair.
Students who received scholarships, the schools from which they graduated, and the colleges/universities they plan to attend are William (Wei Chi) Yao, Cupertino High School (UCLA); Batoul Mortada, Fremont High School (University of Detroit Mercy); Ezra Furtado-Tiwari, Henry M. Gunn High School (UC Santa Barbara); Mahi Patel, Homestead High School (UCLA); Manasija Bhargavan, Leigh High School (UC Santa Barbara); Audrey Fan, Los Altos High School (Stanford University); Dana Hathaway, Los Gatos High School (Northwestern University); Sophie Yang, Lynbrook High School (University of Chicago); Sarah Jay Weintraut, Menlo-Atherton High School (UCLA);Amy Zheng, Monta Vista High School (Stanford University); Mikayla Kim, Mountain View High School (UCLA); Haley Oba, Palo Alto High School (Columbia University); Sophia Tian, Prospect High School (University of Pennsylvania); Natalie Tsung, Santa Clara High School (UCLA); Lynn Dai, Saratoga High School (Yale University); Zachary Jansons, Westmont High School (UC Berkeley); Vidhya Vishwanath, Wilcox High School (Carnegie Mellon University); and Kayla Tsui, Woodside High School (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo).
"The seniors selected this year have worked hard and deserve to be recognized. We also thank our members, whose contributions have made it possible to continue our program for 25 years," said Eileen Giorgi, president of the Charitable Foundation.
SILVAR members who presented the scholarship awards to the recipients during their senior awards night were Joanne Fraser (Compass), Katherine Frey (Katherine Frey Real Estate), Jimmy Kang (eXp Realty of California), Alex Lewicki (DeLeon Realty), Theresa Loya (Coldwell Banker), Wendy Marioni (Compass), Tracey McNeely (eXp Realty of California), Sunita Merchia (Redfin Corp.), Russell Morris (Coldwell Banker), Suzanne Myers (Intero Real Estate Services), Navneet Parmar (Real Estate Experts), Tammie Peters (Christie's International Real Estate Sereno), Denise Welsh (Compass) and Mark Wong (Compass).
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.
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