eQuality Scholarship Collaborative

2020 eQuality Scholars

High School Graduates

$6,000-7,000 scholarships awarded to students in northern and central California for their service to the LGBT+ community

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Roci Alcantar (she)
Monache High School, Porterville / Cal State Bakersfield
Genentech Scholar

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Killian Andrews (he/they)
Summit Public School: K2, El Cerrito / UC Riverside
James P. Ricciardelli Memorial Scholar

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Judith Ben (she)
PG&E George Kronenberger Memorial Scholar

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Molly Brennan(she)
Castro Valley High School / New York University
PFLAG San Jose/Peninsula Scholar

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Noah Gibbons-Shapiro (they)
Branham High School, San Jose / Bard College at Simon's Rock
PFLAG/Stephen Crocker & Donald Jolly LGBTQ Achievement Scholar 

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Soli Guzman-Rubalcaba (she)
The Athenian School, Danville / Mount Holyoke College
Bobby Griffith Memorial Scholar

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Monique Howe (she)
Live Oak High School, Morgan Hill / San Jose State
Robert O. Johnson Memorial Scholar

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Nathan Lee (he)
Monta Vista High School, Cupertino / UC Davis
PFLAG/Niblock Charitable Trust Scholar

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Caleb Lennon (he)
Cypress Charter High School, Santa Cruz / Pitzer College
Genentech Scholar

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Anonymous (he)
Carmel High School / University of Southern California
PG&E PrideNetwork Scholar 

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Adriana Mejia Lopez (she)
Oakland International High School / San Francisco State`
Genentech Scholar 

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Lana Murray (she)
Portola High School / UC San Diego
PG&E PrideNetwork Scholar 

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 Paulo Orozco (he)
Downtown College Prep El Primero High School, San Jose / UC Berkeley
PFLAG San Jose/Peninsula Scholar 

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Samantha Zimmerman (she)
Alameda Science and Technology Institute / University of Chicago
Hsu-Chambers Scholar 

Community College Transfer Students

$6000 scholarships awarded to community college transfer students in northern and central California for service to the LGBT+ community

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T. J. Lee-Miyaki (he)
City College of San Francisco
Graduated from San Francisco State in 2024
PG&E PrideNetwork Scholar

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Koah Yankova (they)
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill / UC Berkeley
PG&E PrideNetwork Scholar

Nursing Students

$6000 scholarship awarded to a nursing student in California for service to the LGBT+ community

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Timm Redwood (he)
Cabrillo College, Aptos
Kaiser Permanente Nursing Scholar

Graduate Health Care Students

$6000 scholarships awarded to graduate health care students in/from California for service to the LGBT+ community

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AJ Agana (he)
​West LA Community College / Texas Christian University and the University of North Texas Health Science Center
Kaiser Permanente Graduate Health Care Scholar

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Marija Kamceva (she/they)
Stanford Medical School
Kaiser Permanente Graduate Health Care Scholar

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Grace Kummerfeld (she)
​Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Kaiser Permanente Graduate Health Care Scholar

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Teekz Yenpasook (he)
Touro University California - College of Osteopathic Medicine
Genentech Medical Scholar