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Jada Saechao | University of California, Davis | Class of 2021 Jada Saechao is a 2018 graduate of De Anza High School. Before graduating from De Anza High, Jada attended Juan Crespi Middle [...]

Asya Saechao | University of California, Berkeley | Class of 2022 Q: Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? Expand on hardships/motivational factors that influence you to this day  My name [...]

Ariana Ortega | San Francisco State University| Class of 2021 Ariana Ortega is a proud Richmond native, who graduated from Making Waves Academy in 2017. She will begin her Junior year at San [...]

Peter Nguyen | University of Pennsylvania| Class of 2022 Peter Nguyen is currently an upcoming sophomore studying Biology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on the East Coast. He [...]

Celina Mendoza | Contra Costa College | Class of 2020 Celina Mendoza is a graduate of De Anza High School. She is a proud Richmond Scholar who has overcome many obstacles in her life thus far. [...]

Luis Magana | Berkeley City College | Class of 2020     Luis Magana is currently a student at Berkeley City College pursuing a political science degree with a passion to make a [...]

Jennifer Jimenez | San Francisco State University | Class of 2021 Jennifer Jimenez graduated from Middle College in 2017 with both her AA degree and High School diploma. She is now a third-year [...]

Sharon Jackson | California State University, Los Angeles | Class of 2022   Sharon Jackson is a first-generation Richmond native who is a second-year at Cal State Los Angeles and graduated [...]

Jesse Hernandez | Lewis & Clark University| Class of 2022   Jesse Hernandez is a Richmond native, a graduate of Richmond High School. Jessie was active as a student on campus, through [...]

Yessica Gonzalez Reyes | California State University, Northridge | Class of 2021 Yessica Gonzalez Reyes was raised in Richmond, CA and is a graduate of El Cerrito High School Class of 2017. She [...]