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Scholarship Recipients

Fall 2024 - Noyce Scholarship Recipients

Abigail Ollave

Abigail Ollave

  • Mathematics major

  • “Everyday can be a better day despite the challenge, All you gotta do is leave it better than you found it.” -Surfaces, “Sunday Best”

  • Graduated: Fall 2024

Spring 2024 - Noyce Scholarship Recipients

Ruben Maldonado

Ruben Maldonado

  • Mathematics major

  • "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." - Henry Brooks Adams

Manuel Guajardo

Manuel Guajardo

  • Biology major

Felicia Maldonado

Felicia Maldonado

  • Mathematics major

  • "A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning." - Brad Henry

  • Graduated: Fall 2024

Emma Vite

Emma Vite

  • Mathematics major

  • The very things that hold you down are going to lift you up" - Timothy Mouse, Dumbo

  • Graduated: Fall 2024

Fall 2023 - Noyce Scholarship Recipients

Flavio Trevino

Flavio Trevino

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." -Nelson Mandela

  • Graduated Fall 2023

Juan Vazquez

Juan Vazquez

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "Anywhere can be paradise as long as you have the will to live. After all, you are alive, so you will always have the chance to be happy. As long as the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth exist, everything will be alright."  - Yui Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Julianna Hinojosa

Julianna Hinojosa

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "Always pass on what you have learned." - Yoda

  • Graduated: Fall 2024

Kevin Valverde

Kevin Valverde

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky

Kimberly Carlos

Kimberly Carlos

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: “TODAY is your opportunity to build the TOMORROW you want” - Ken Poirot

  • Graduated Fall 2023

Laura Martinez

Laura Martinez

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "The Limit Does Not Exist" - from the movie Mean Girls

  • Graduated: Fall 2024

Mahdi El-Jirby

Mahdi El-Jirby

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams." - H. P. Lovecraft

  • Graduated Fall 2023

Mario Almanza

Mario Almanza

  • Biology major

  • Quote: "Between the iron gates of fate, the seeds of time were sown, and watered by the deeds of those who know and who are known." - from the song Epitaph by the band King Crimson, on the album In The Court of the Crimson King

  • Graduated Spring 2024

Vanessa Ayala

Vanessa Ayala

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "Optimism is the Faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." - Helen Keller

  • Graduated Spring 2024

Alejandra Mata

Alejandra Mata

  • Biology major

Spring 2023 - Noyce Scholarship Recipients

Richard Ortega

Richard Ortega

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "Education is the foundation upon which we build our future." - Christine Gregoire.

  • Graduated: Fall 2024

Pablo Olvera

Pablo Olvera

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "Failure and success live next door to each other, and they have no numbers on the door. You just knock." - Guillermo del Toro. 

  • Graduated: Fall 2024

Navor Rodriguez

Navor Rodriguez

  • Biology major
  • Graduated Spring 2023

Keila Cervantes

Keila Cervantes

  • Biology major

  • Quote: "Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated." - Rosalind Franklin

  • Graduated Fall 2023

Jonathan Alvarado

Jonathan Alvarado

  • Biology major

  • Quote: "All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle." - St. Francis of Assis
  • Graduated Spring 2024

Fall 2022 - Noyce Scholarship Recipients

Linda Palominos

Linda Palominos

  • Biology major

  • Quote: "Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she happily looks forward to the time to come." Proverbs 31:25
  • Graduated Spring 2023

Juan Recio

Juan Recio

  • Mathematics major

  • Graduated: Fall 2024

Alejandra Escobedo

Alejandra Escobedo

  • Biology major

  • Quote: "Five minutes are enough to dream a whole life, that is how relative time is" -Mario Benedetti

  • Graduated Fall 2023

Spring 2022 - Noyce Scholarship Recipients

Ana Mena

Ana Mena

  • Physics major

  • Quote: “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” —C.S. Lewis
  • Graduated Spring 2023

Rosendo Montemayor

Rosendo Montemayor

  • Biology major

  • Quote: "Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it" - Charles Swindoll

  • Graduation: Spring 2022

Teresa Padilla

Teresa Padilla

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote - "We have to live a life of no regrets." – Portgas D. Ace, One Piece series.

  • Graduated: Fall 2022

Fall 2021 - Noyce Scholarship Recipients

Rosalina Cantu

Rosalina Cantu

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "Do what you love, and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career." - Meg Whitman.

  • Graduated: Fall 2022

Kaitlin Jeter

Kaitlin Jeter

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "All of the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today". - Source unknown, perhaps an Indian Proverb

  • Graduated: Fall 2022

Isaac Hernandez

Isaac Hernandez

  • Biology major
  • Graduated Spring 2023

Gustavo Covarrubias

Gustavo Covarrubias

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "If you search your heart and listen to its instruction, you won't go wrong." Mr. Feeny, Boy Meets World

  • Graduated: Fall 2022

Dulce Silva

Dulce Silva

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: “Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” -Vivian Greene

  • Graduation: Fall 2021

Ana Garcia

Ana Garcia

  • Biology major

  • Graduation: Fall 2021

Allison Osornio

Allison Osornio

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "Do not conform to the patterns of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will. " Romans 12:2

  • Graduated: Fall 2022

Alessandra Vasquez

Alessandra Vasquez

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: “Do not fear failure, but please be terrified of regret” -Deshauna Barber

  • Graduated Fall 2023

Spring 2021 - Noyce Scholarship Recipients

Samantha Delgado

Samantha Delgado

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: “No matter who you are, where you’re from, your skin color, your gender identity; just speak yourself. Find your name and find your voice by speaking yourself.” -RM from BTS

  • Graduation: Spring 2021

Lidya Michelle Leija

Lidya Michelle Leija

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "Life is a sculpture that you cast as you make mistakes and learn from them" -RM of BTS

  • Graduation: Spring 2022

Jesus Mijares

Jesus Mijares

  • Mathematics major

  • Quote: "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin

  • Graduation: Spring 2021

Fall 2020 - Noyce Scholarship Recipients

Hector Charles

Hector Charles

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

  • Graduation: Spring 2021

Evelyn Chavez

Evelyn Chavez

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote:  "Don't let fear stop you from achieving what you want." -Elizabeth Colon

  • Graduation: Fall 2020

Arely Gonzalez

Arely Gonzalez

  • Major: Biology

  • Quote: “First, think. Second, dream. Third, believe. And finally, dare.” -Walt Disney

  • Graduation: Spring 2021

Brittney Jasso

Brittney Jasso

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Graduation: Fall 2020

Christian Saavedra

Christian Saavedra

  • Major: Physics

  • Quote: One of the great challenges in this world is knowing enough about a subject to think you’re right, but not enough about the subject to know you’re wrong. - Neil deGrasse Tyson

  • Graduation: Spring 2021

Harley Morales

Harley Morales

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: “If you want to do something go for it. You’ve got nothing to lose.” – Louis Tomlinson

  • Graduation: Spring 2022

Raymond Hand

Raymond Hand

  • Major:Biology

  • Quote:  “The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

  • Graduation: Spring 2021

Reynaldo Urbina

Reynaldo Urbina

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: “It doesn't’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.” – Brian Tracy

  • Graduation: Fall 2020

Sabrina Perez

Sabrina Perez

  • Major: Biology

  • Quote: "I've learned how to turn the adversities in my life into enriching experiences. You can actually gain a lot from adversities and they make you the person you are today." - Augusten Burroughs

  • Graduation: Spring 2021

Fall 2019 - Noyce Scholarship Recipients

Brendalee Hernandez

Brendalee Hernandez

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: “When you want to succeed as much as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” -Eric Thomas

  • Graduation: Fall 2020

Cecilia Izaguirre

Cecilia Izaguirre

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Graduation: Fall 2019

James Medalla

James Medalla

  • Major: Chemistry

  • Quote: “It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” ― Roy T. Bennett
  • Graduation: Spring 2021

Joseph Claudio

Joseph Claudio

  • Major: Physics

  • Quote: "The universe is under no obligation to make sense to any of us.” - Neil Degrasse Tyson

  • Graduation: Fall 2020

Joshua Zamora

Joshua Zamora

  • Major: Physics

  • Quote: "Life Isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain." -Vivian Greene

  • Graduation: Spring 2020

Juan Lazo

Juan Lazo

  • Major: Biology

  • Quote: “True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.” -Niko Kazantzakis

  • Graduation: Fall 2020

Leticia Burgos

Leticia Burgos

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits you place on your own thinking." -Brian Tracy

  • Graduation: Fall 2020

Mireya Basaldua

Mireya Basaldua

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you" -B.B. KING

  • Graduation: Fall 2020

Silvia Perez

Silvia Perez

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "Knowledge is Power" - Francis Bacon 

  • Graduation: Fall 2019

Spring 2019 - Noyce Scholarship Recipients

Abel Cavazos

Abel Cavazos

  • Major: Biology

  • Quote: "The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." – Aristotle

  • Graduation: Spring 2019

Anakaren Suarez

Anakaren Suarez

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "For with God nothing shall be impossible"- Luke 1:37

  • Graduation: Spring 2019

Armando Gallardo

Armando Gallardo

  • Major: Biology

  • Quote: "Trabajo bruto pero con orgullo. Aquí se comparte, lo mío es tuyo. Este pueblo no se ahoga con marullos y si se derrumba yo lo reconstruyo." -René Pérez Joglar

  • Graduation: Spring 2019

Brenda Garcia

Brenda Garcia

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" - Vincent Van Gogh
  • Graduation: Spring 2020

Cassandra Garcia

Cassandra Garcia

  • Major: Biology

  • Graduation: Spring 2019

Joel Rios

Joel Rios

  • Major: Biology

  • Quote:“The difference between who you are and what you want to be is what you do”

  • Graduation: Spring 2019

Juan Hernandez

Juan Hernandez

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "Push through the pain, giving up hurts more." – Vegeta

  • Graduation: Spring 2019

Maria Reyes

Maria Reyes

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13

  • Graduation: Spring 2019

Fall 2018 - Noyce Scholarship Recipients

Abigail Trevino

Abigail Trevino

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: “Education is not the filling of a pail, but a lighting of a fire" -William Butler Yeats.”

  • Graduation: Spring 2020

Aldo Gonzalez

Aldo Gonzalez

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: “Success is a journey, not a destination." - Arthur Ashe

  • Graduation: Fall 2019

Alexis Garcia

Alexis Garcia

  • Major: Biology

  • Quote: "One person can make a difference, and everyone should try." - John F. Kennedy

  • Graduation: Fall 2019

Ana Guiterrez

Ana Guiterrez

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "With God, all things are possible" Matthew 19:26

  • Graduation: Fall 2019

Andrea Lerma

Andrea Lerma

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak." -  Thomas Carlyle

  • Graduation: Fall 2019

Ashley Saenz

Ashley Saenz

  • Major: Biology

  • Quote: "What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean." -Issac Newton (1643-1727)

  • Graduation: Fall 2018

Brittney Pena

Brittney Pena

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” -Og Mandino

  • Graduation: Spring 2019

Carlos Llamas

Carlos Llamas

  • Major: Biology

  • Quote: "We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so." - B.B. King

  • Graduation: Fall 2018

Cindy Trejo

Cindy Trejo

  • Major: Biology

  • Quote: The best preparation for tomorrow, is preparing for today" by H. Jackson Brown Jr

  • Graduation: Spring 2020

Daniela Martinez

Daniela Martinez

  • Major: Chemistry

  • Quote: "There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can't...what you've got to do is turn around and say, "Watch me!" - Ashley Purdy

Ezequiel Martinez

Ezequiel Martinez

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "There are a lot of little reasons why the big things in our lives happen.”
    — Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor), How I Met Your Mother

  • Graduation: Fall 2018

Jacob Wolfe

Jacob Wolfe

  • Major: Biology

  • Quote: "Tell me I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." George Washington

  • Graduation: Spring 2020

Javier Araiza

Javier Araiza

  • Major: Chemistry

  • Quote: "Forget the size of the human body, remember that you are a gateway between the universal and the microscopic." - Unknown

Jazmin Loredo

Jazmin Loredo

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: “I do not fear this new challenge, rather like a true warrior I will rise to meet it.” - Vegeta, DBZ

  • Graduated Fall 2020

Jesus Torres

Jesus Torres

  • Major: Biology

  • Quote: "I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open new doors." - Joel Osteen

  • Graduation: Spring 2019

Karla Martinez

Karla Martinez

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up" - John Holmes

  • Graduation: Spring 2019

Keyla Garza

Keyla Garza

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "God is within her, she will not fail." - Psalms 46:5

  • Graduation: Fall 2018

Yesenia Trevino

Yesenia Trevino

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "Be the change you want to see in the world" -Mahatma Gandhi

  • Graduation: Fall 2018

Nestor Barroso

Nestor Barroso

  • Major: Mathematics

  • Quote: "One's demise is always one's making" - Hawkeye Gough

  • Graduation: Fall 2019

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