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2002 4A San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Scholarships
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[October 9, 2002]
Diane Hinton and the 4A SFBAC Scholarship team are pleased to announce this year's recipients of
the 4A San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Scholarships.
In Diane's words, "These are our future leaders. They are quite an accomplished and deserving group of students."
Each recipient received a one-time $1,000 Award Grant.
PAUL CHENG Paul attends UC Berkeley majoring in Economics with a minor in Environmental Economics. He is also an active member of the Chinese Student Association, which promotes the interests, and awareness of Chinese culture in the Berkeley community. He has been on the Dean's Honor's lists for two semesters and an award recipient for both the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Golden Key International Honor Society. He was a volunteer tutor at the Berkeley Youth Alternatives and has participated in the Breast Cancer Walk. Paul stood out as one of the top students in his class titled Environmental Issues with a score in the top 3% of his class (ranked 3rd out of 107). With his experience with tutoring underprivileged minority children, he believes in contributing to the progress of the Asian American community by improving the cooperation between different ethnic groups, through open communication and continuous education.
CINDY FANG Cindy is a Computer and the Arts and Ethnic Studies double major, and will be graduating in June 2003. She is a very active member of various organizations, which include Asian Pacific Islander Student Union, Active Students for Kids and Teen Producers Program of San Diego. She is also a recipient of numerous awards, which include Provost's Honors for five consecutive quarters. She also received an Artsbridge Scholarship, which is based on artistic excellence, academic achievement and strong faculty recommendations. This scholarship required her to teach something in her discipline to a classroom - grades K-12 for 16 classroom hours. Cindy is a well-rounded individual who hopes to produce films that challenge fallacious delineations of Asian Americans. She desires to create counter-narratives, counter-histories and counter-symbols to establish a new hybrid identity for Asian Americans living in America.
SOOJEAN KWON Soojean attends University of California in Berkeley with a double major in Social Welfare and Education and Public Policy. She is an active member of YMCA of Coronado. Her responsibilities include being a volunteer tutor and planning recreational activities. She is the co-founder of Cole School Bookzone, which is a reading and writing program for middle school students. She gathered four of her peers and created this program by raising funds and finding a community facility for Oakland CA middle school students and get one-on-one reading and writing attention. Soojean is individual that exemplifies determination. Not only is she active on volunteer activities, she is also a recipient of several awards which include Golden Key International Honor Society and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. The events of September 11th initially made her feel bitter and discouraged, however, the efforts of the public to strengthen unity across racial barriers gave her thoughts of hope and change for the future.
LISA MACABASCO Lisa is majoring in Mass Communication with English and Asian American Studies minor at the University of California - Berkeley. She is the co-founder and communications committee chairperson in the first ever-national Asian American student conference with a tentative date of Fall 2003. The conference aims to fill the void for a nationwide, unified Asian American and to bring together from across the country to create a network of support, friendship and solidarity. Lisa has a passion for writing as demonstrated in the following activities. She is a writing intern at AsianAvenue.com, which provides the Asian American community with news, email, member created web pages and features. She also writes for hardboiled, UC Berkeley's APA newsmagazine and also the largest circulating student APA publication in the country. She was also awarded three consecutive times the Leadership Scholarship under the California Alumni Association. Lisa hopes to create a change within us through her love of writing. She strongly believes that once we realize that we, as individuals can make a difference, the possibilities are endless.
AIMEE WING Aimee hopes to graduate in May 2003 with a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology form the University of California in Berkeley. She is currently an undergraduate research assistant at the Molecular and Cell Biology department and works as a volunteer at Alta Bates Medical Center. Despite her busy schedule, she was in the top 4% in the College of Letters and Sciences for three consecutive semesters. She is also a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society. She provides swimming lessons for the physically disabled at the Special Needs Aquatics Program in the Bay Area. She hopes to be a physician one day and through her continued efforts in volunteering and leadership in the community, she would like to make a positive impact by being a role model to others. |
