Kiwanis Club Awards Scholarships to Local Students

Photo courtesy of Bill Mulgrew 

CVHS Scholarship winner Emily Tran (left) with Kiwanis Club President Emmanuel Escobal.

On May 25th, the Hayward-Castro Valley Kiwanis Club awarded $1,000 in scholarships to two deserving local high school students. Emily Tran from Castro Valley High School will major in Business Administration at UC Berkeley. Emily achieved four years of academic excellence and her leadership and community service. Emily served in the CVHS Key Club for 4 years, holding the offices of President, fundraising chair, and Division 2 executive board member. She is accomplished on piano and violin and is a member of the Honors Chamber Orchestra at CVHS. Emily also gave her time to a group of budding entrepreneurs named "Girls Who Code," and she worked part-time as Team Lead at Playground and won an internship in Marketing and Sales at SparkPrintz.

Chloe Wong graduated from Kipp King High School in San Lorenzo and will be attending the University of Southern California this fall as a Business Administration major. Chloe has the distinction of being the first of her family to go to college. As a senior in leadership class, she was one of the Activities Director Executives. Chloe also spent time as an intern for Stop AAPI Hate Youth Campaign Program. Chloe also served as Key Club President this year and served for two years as the Secretary of the Model United Nations.

The Castro Valley Education Foundation administers Kiwanis Club scholarships.