First published in the Dec. 29 print issue of the Pasadena Outlook.
The Cathay Bank Foundation recently announced the names of the 20 high school seniors chosen to receive a Cathay Bank Foundation Scholarship. Each recipient will receive a $1,000 scholarship to cover tuition costs for attending a four-year college or university as a full-time student this fall.
“On behalf of Cathay Bank Foundation, I would like to extend my congratulations to the scholarship recipients, who exhibit extraordinary academic achievements, leadership skills and contribution to their communities,” said William E. Becker, Senior Vice President, Director of Community Development of Cathay Bank. “We look forward to continuing to grow this program in the years ahead and play a part in helping our young generation thrive in the future.”
Deborah Ching, co-chair of the Cathay Bank Foundation, expressed gratitude to the Asian Pacific Community Fund. APCF has been the Cathay Bank Foundation Scholarship program administrator for the past four years.
This year, the foundation received 314 applications from California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Washington. Following an online application process, APCF reviewed each application and narrowed the field down to 287. A Cathay Bank employee committee then reviewed the 287 candidates to select the finalists and the scholarship recipients.
The recipients include:
Southern California
• Aman Kumar
• Metztli Carbajal
Northern California
• Janice Tran
• Mohammed Lashuel
Illinois
• Jala Taylor-Pickett
• Jessica Zhang
Maryland
• Carolyn Pham
• Fiona Persaud
Massachusetts
• Asmy Sylvain
• Favour Ejims
Nevada
• Lisa Guerrero
• Nishelle Phansalkar Michalik
New Jersey
• Adalia Fragoso
• Tiffany Caba
New York
• Afua Siaw
• Xingyi (Cindy) Zheng
Texas
• David Dzul
• Jean Botani
Washington
• Quyen To
• Vichet Ros