In Partnership with ABC NorCal, the Pedrozzi Foundation awarded its first Apprenticeship Tool Scholarship this year to Jorge Gonzalez. Beginning as a residential electrician, Jorge learned basic skills including how to run wire and install receptacles, switches, and lighting. Although he learned these skills he never understood the work he was doing in depth. After [...]
The 2018 Leo Croce Undergraduate Scholar, Rachel Roter was a four-year member of the Granada Varsity Golf Team. Off the course she gained experience teaching in the classroom through an ROP internship and volunteered with the First Tee of the Tri-Valley. Because of her interest in education, she was awarded a scholarship in honor of [...]
Shelby Rocereto is a graduate of Granada High School and a junior at Santa Clara University. She was awarded the 2018 John Shirley Undergraduate Scholarship and is pursuing a career as a veterinarian. This scholarship was funded by the Rotary Club of Livermore in honor of John Shirley, a former veterinarian and long-time community leader. In appreciation [...]
Sean Cabanlit, 2014 Pedrozzi Scholar and March 2018 UC Riverside graduate, discusses his college experiences: As a student and Undergraduate Researcher at the University of California, Riverside, I was in UCR's College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, majoring in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology and following the pre-med path. I also took part of the [...]
As a first-in-family UC Davis college student, Lisette Rocha, 2017 GHS graduate and Pedrozzi Scholar, credits personal perseverance and loving supportive parents with making her college dream a reality. My dad always told me, "Education is the one thing that can never be taken away." So going to college has always been a dream of [...]
Our scholars are always staying busy and diving deeper into their interests. Take a look at one of our 2014 Scholars, Sajan Patel, who is currently attending UC Berkeley. This summer, I am interning in Process Chemistry at Merck in New Jersey. After lead pharmaceutical targets have been identified by the Discovery Chemistry group, Process [...]
Eva Susana Rios Del Rio's journey through college has become an inspiration for her siblings, who now see higher education as a possibility. As the first person in her family to attend college, Eva became a mentor, inspiration and role-model for her older and younger siblings. This 2011 Pedrozzi Scholar put herself through Cal State [...]
Encouragement and support from an exceptional high school counselor and a career expo, at Granada High School, lead Karen Morgan, 2016 Principal Nomination Scholar, to pursue her educational and career goals through an alternative college path at Golden State College of Court Reporting and Captioning. "This intensive 3 to 5-year program will prepare me for [...]
Nicole Guzzo, a 2013 Pedrozzi Scholar, found her time at Whittier College invaluable. After being an involved community member and Dance Team leader, she is discovering her passion within marketing: Attending Whittier College may be the best decision of my life thus far. These last four years have been incredibly fulfilling. Because of the small, intimate [...]
The skills learned at UC Berkeley prepared 2013 Scholar Selena Shang for her current job at Yahoo. Selena seeks to use technology to improve daily life and as a method for connecting people within their communities. She explains her current pursuits: My time at UC Berkeley was eye-opening and full of opportunity. I was exposed [...]
Besides working on a double major and a decorated collegiate softball career, 2013 Pedrozzi Scholar Bianca Devoto found time to volunteer with her interest in public and global health. She explains how her time at UCSD and volunteering led to her passion for women's health and reproductive rights: My four years at UC San Diego [...]
Maryann Gong, a 2013 Pedrozzi Scholar, has excelled as a student-athlete. The All-American runner at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has received numerous athletic accolades and is now completing her master's degree in computer science, exploring the interaction of technology and medicine. She details her college experience: My four years at MIT were the most [...]
College can be a time of great change, but within the disruption an opportunity for growth. 2014 Pedrozzi Scholar and UC Irvine student Priya Sri-Tharan explains her recent college experience: The Pedrozzi Foundation has helped make my undergraduate education at both UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine possible, where I am pursuing the fields of [...]
Part of a college experience is developing your own interest and involvement in the surrounding community. 2014 Pedrozzi Scholar, Sara Novell, talks about her experience in that process: This summer, I have an internship at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, where I am working as a mechanical engineering intern at NIF. I love being able to come [...]
John Stuart, a 2014 Pedrozzi Scholar, just finished his third year at UC Berkeley and is diving into his passion for engineering: My junior year can be summed up as a time of accepting uncertainty, exploring careers, and finally finding my real passion. At the start of my fall semester I was uncertain about my [...]
Anthony is the first in his family to attend college (currently at San Jose State University) and is grateful to have started his college career at Las Positas College. He shares his experience at Las Positas and his involvement in the start-up Eden: Las Positas College has been nothing but wonderful to me. Being able [...]
Alexandra Hernandez, a 2014 Scholar, attends Point Loma Nazarene University as a nursing major. She shares her opportunities traveling abroad and competing in collegiate athletics: I got to apply my nursing skills abroad as I went to Haiti for three weeks as a part of a medical mission trip through my university. In Haiti, we [...]
We love to catch up with our scholars whenever we can! Here's what advice Candice Evenson, a 2009 Pedrozzi Scholar, advised current and future Pedrozzi scholars: Get the most out of those four years. It's not about getting the grade--it's about getting to know yourself and expanding the limits of your potential. With the right [...]
Finding your interests and a path that supports them is essential to a college experience. Molly Cooper, a 2013 Scholar, attends University of Oregon and is studying Communication Sciences and Disorders and shares her experiences: I have become involved with the international student population at my school. Last year, I spent many hours as a conversational [...]
While training at Quantico, Cuba is not the typical college experience, for Ariadna Dang, 2013 Livermore High School alum and Pedrozzi Scholar, it is just another aspect of her United States Naval Academy (USNA) education that she describes simply as a wonderful experience. Aria has traveled extensively both domestically and internationally. In the Fall 2015, [...]
