San Diego County Ford dealers have awarded $150,000 in scholarships to county students. The San Diego County Salute to Education ceremony was held recently at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park.

Funds for the program are contributed by county Ford dealers with every new vehicle sold or leased. Additional funds are contributed by Ford Motor Company, Global Team Blue, Zubi Advertising and RMD Group.

Scholarships of $1,000 each were awarded to 155 students. Olia Javidi of Francis Parker School in San Diego won a Mustang.

North County students who received scholarships include:


Canyon Crest Academy: Nicole Estess, Sophia Kazmierowicz, Heezy Suh, Aaron Tanaka, Daniella Walter

Carlsbad High School: Olivia Dang, Tyler Liebentritt

Cathedral Catholic High School: Dana Fennell

Del Norte High School: Reagan Cloutier, Isabel Torres


El Camino High School: Carmen Gonzalez, Ilona Malinovska

Escondido Charter High School: Kathleen Cummings

Escondido High School: Trevor Anderson

Guajome Park Academy: Dakota Freaner


Maranatha Christian Schools: Jessica Xu

Mission Hills High School: Gerald Diep-Tran, Crystal Reynoso-Figueroa

Mission Vista High School: Andrew Gladkowski, Ariana Morales, Celestial Rodriguez, Michael Visco

Mt. Carmel High School: Owen Cruise, Garrett Weir


Oceanside High School: Lesly Marrero, Gillian Quiros, Juan Riojas

Pacific Ridge School: Elena Scott

Poway High School: Piper Langer Weida, Esther Lapite, Sophia Ohannessian, Cinthia Ross

Ramona High School: Tuesday Christopher, Kathryn Flinn, Mylani Garduno, Olivia Jensen, Nikki Lucchese, Hayley Weber, Trevor White


Rancho Bernardo High School: Cole Giles, Mark Kang, Madhumita Kannan

Rancho Buena Vista High School: Rio Castro Gordon, Carly Dvorak, Jacob Toney

Sage Creek High School: William Maas, James Melkonian

San Dieguito Academy: Erin Fuller, Raymond Mosko


San Marcos High School: Kaitlyn Khayat

San Pasqual High School: Milla Hollmen

Scripps Ranch High School: Rebecca Perez, Ashwath Radhachandran, Jordyn Silverstone

Torrey Pines High School: Mary Maas


Westview High School: Jonathan Bao, Edward Han, Srinidhi Malavalli, Brandon Nguyen, Shibangi Pal, Meilynn Shi, Diana Tereshenko, Andrew Zhang

Valley Center High School: Shelby Becker, Brooke Clark, Aaron Ferguson, Alice Franko, Grace Martineau, Shelby Rice, Nathaniel Sabbara, Laine West

Vista High School: Carl Hughes, Juan Soberanes, Tammy Truong, Samuel Van Gundy

Email info@salutetoeducation.com, call (619) 521-2404 or visit www.salutetoeducation.com.


laura.groch@sduniontribune.com