We are thrilled to congratulate the 2023 Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars! Sixty high-achieving community college students received the prestigious scholarship this year, and 54 JKC scholarship winners are Phi Theta Kappa members!
Presented by The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKCF), this highly competitive national transfer scholarship awards students up to $55,000 a year to complete their bachelor’s degrees. Over 1,700 students from 448 community colleges applied for the scholarship. See the full list of winners and read JKCF’s announcement.
PTK’s 2023 Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars are:
Alabama
Edwin Jarquin – Snead State Community College
Arizona
Teresa Billick – Pima Community College
Robert Serrano – Central Arizona College
California
Warda Ali – American River College
An Ha – Mount San Antonio College
Nia Roberson-French – Berkeley City College
Cecily Sewell – Los Angeles Valley College
Hayat Sherif – MiraCosta College
Li Wan – Berkeley City College
Florida
Carlen Arevalo – Miami Dade College
Javier Gil – Miami Dade College
Getulio Gonzalez-Mulattieri – Hillsborough Community College
Kayla Ribeiro – Miami Dade College
Jean Saintgeorges – Broward College
Natalie Saladrigas – Miami Dade College
Georgia
Kseniya Harrington – Georgia Perimeter College
Idaho
Gabriel Clark – College of Eastern Idaho
Illinois
Rencie Horst – City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College
Dominika Panek – City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College
Selvin Tobar – City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College
Iowa
Oscar Madong – North Iowa Area Community College
Maryland
Israah Ansari – Howard Community College
Normand Bayigamba – Montgomery College
Joseph Linsenmeyer – Community College of Baltimore County
Luiz Mata Lopez – Montgomery College
Massachusetts
Pascale Percy – Northern Essex Community College
Mississippi
Jared Mathews – Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Anna Valenzuela – Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Nebraska
Maya Huirong Wilson – Western Nebraska Community College
New Jersey
Liam Boyle – Raritan Valley Community College
Rene Bulnes Moreno – Bergen Community College
Juni Ilyas – Union County College
Carine Medellus – Union County College
New York
Fatima Bah – City University of New York: Hostos Community College
Fox Birdtail – Jamestown Community College
Liilan Boldiis – Broome Community College
Zeff Carriero – Westchester Community College
Min Young Kim – City University of New York: LaGuardia Community College
Rubi Larancuent – City University of New York: Bronx Community College
Eisha Sarmad – Rockland Community College
North Carolina
Hannah Lowman – Coastal Carolina Community College
Oklahoma
Kelly Parsley – Tulsa Community College
Oregon
Brandi Swiderski – Clatsop Community College
Pennsylvania
Jasmine Jones – Harrisburg Area Community College
Texas
Madeleine Cornejo Carrillo – North Lake College
Sergio Iraheta – Lone Star College System
Rachel Schnakenberg – Lone Star College System
Amber Traylor – Austin Community College
Virginia
Andrew Leng – Northern Virginia Community College
Will Liu – Germanna Community College
Stefania Piciorea – Northern Virginia Community College
Washington
Jamie Mai – Seattle Central College
Wisconsin
Honorine Ilboudo – Madison Area Technical College
Todala Mone – Madison Area Technical College
