2025 Friedberger Educational Fund Scholarship awardees

The San Joaquin County Office of Education (SJCOE) would like to congratulate the 2025 Friedberger Educational Fund Scholarship awardees.

Twenty-five outstanding graduating seniors from San Joaquin County high schools have been awarded a total of $80,000 to continue pursuing their education.

Each of the students was awarded approximately $3,200 to be paid out in installments over four years. The Friedberger Educational Fund Scholarship has been awarded to San Joaquin County graduates since 1964.

The fund was established in 1963 by William Friedberger, a prominent Stockton physician and longtime medical director at San Joaquin General Hospital. He established the fund in memory of his father and mother, Arnold and Lotta Friedberger. They were 19th-century pioneers to the Mother Lode and Stockton from their native Germany. The Bank of Stockton has been the fund manager since the scholarship was established.

To qualify for the scholarship, nominees must meet a list of criteria. The list includes a need for financial assistance, excellent schoolwork, outstanding character, leadership, and public service. Students must also have the intent to enroll in an institution of higher learning in California.

Each high school in the county may nominate one applicant per year. The schools can be either public or private.

The applications were reviewed by a three-member awards committee, which included Barbara Greenwood, representing Stockton Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Michelle Rodriguez; Marlene Acosta, representing San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Troy A. Brown; and Jeremy Silcox, committee member-at-large.

Congratulations to the 2025 awardees:

• Muhammad Abdullah – Weber Institute (Stockton Unified School District)
• Brian Aluy – East Union High School (Manteca Unified School District)
• Diana Alvarado Garcia – Linden High School (Linden Unified School District)
• Chad Alvarez – Franklin High School (Stockton Unified School District)
• Eribsaleen Azab – Millennium Charter High School
• Tommi Cahoon – Lincoln High School (Lincoln Unified School District)
• Salina Da – Bear Creek High School (Lodi Unified School District)
• Nancy Flores – Stockton High School (Stockton Unified School District)
• Frances-Marie Fua – St. Mary’s High School
• Enrique Guillen-G – Tokay High School (Lodi Unified School District)
• Stephanie Huerta – Stagg High School (Stockton Unified School District)
• Mercedes Johnson – Aspire College Preparatory Academy
• Hafsa Khan – Merrill F. West High School (Tracy Unified School District)
• Keenon Kim-Huy – Ronald E. McNair High School (Lodi Unified School District)
• Emiliano Luna – Weston Ranch High School (Manteca Unified School District)
• Yok Chai Ma – Manteca High School (Manteca Unified School District)
• Khang Nguyen – Middle College High School (Lodi Unified School District)
• Isabella Podwinski Grant – Escalon High School (Escalon Unified School District)
• Ericka Jo Rabang – Lodi High School (Lodi Unified School District)
• John Ramirez – Sierra High School (Manteca Unified School District)
• Alejandra Segura Lozano – Delta Charter High School
• Haley Trinh – Stockton Early College Academy (Stockton Unified School District)
• Ximena Ventura Meza – Health Careers Academy High School (Stockton Unified School District)
• Alice Yang – Edison High School (Stockton Unified School District)
• Daisy Zacarias – Cesar Chavez High School (Stockton Unified School District)