Nicolas Banda
United High School
Laredo, Texas
Previous Scholarship Recipients
2019 Recipients
This is the Foundation’s 12 th year of providing scholarships to talented high school, college and graduate students.
Once again, the Foundation received hundreds of applications from across the country. Along with their portfolio of work, recipients were chosen based on several criteria, including financial need, an essay, letters of reference and their school transcript.
The Foundation’s guest judges this year were, once again, Steve Bodinet, formerly of KTVK-KPHO, Channel 3, Phoenix and Elise Wilson, of Aspen PRO Media, Arizona.
High School:
Five high school students each received a Canon EOS Rebel T7 DSLR Camera with lenses, memory card and back pack.
Santana Jimenez
Norman High School
Norman, Oklahoma
Nia Johnson
Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School
Midland, Pennsylvania
Megan Pietanza
Boca Raton Community High School
Boca Raton, Florida
Zachary Silva
Nogales High School
La Puente, California
College:
Three college students each received a $2,500 scholarship, payable to their school, and two received honorable mention awards, of $1,500 each, also payable to their school.
Video Awards:
Shae Densley
Utah State
Logan, Utah
Eric Holmen
South Central College
North Mankato, Minnesota
Mykhailo Bogdanov – Honorable Mention
DePaul, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
College Still Awards:
Michael Blackshire
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Riley Trujillo – Honorable Mention
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Graduate Student:
One graduate student received a $2,500 scholarship, payable to his school.
Gene Gallerano
New York University
New York, New York