October 2021 Scholar Spotlight: It All Began for 2014 Scholar Tori Laird with a Few Chickens
It All Began for 2014 Scholar Tori Laird with a Few Chickens
Top 2021 Don Diego Recipient Edwin Vargas Navarro Shares Update from UC Berkeley
Here is an update sent to the Don Diego Scholarship Foundation community from Edwin Vargas Navarro, who won the 2021 one-time $20,000 Liss Family […]
September 2021 Scholar Spotlight: 2017 Scholar Hannah Gill is a Servant-Leader
2017 Scholar Hannah Gill is a Servant-Leader
August 2021 Scholar Spotlight Where’s the Beef? Ask Top 2017 Don Diego Scholar Sarah Drown!
Where’s the Beef? Ask Top 2017 Don Diego Scholar Sarah Drown!
July 2021 Scholar Spotlight Horsing Around is Serious Fun for Eventer Olivia Loiacono-Putrino
Horsing Around is Serious Fun for Eventer Olivia Loiacono-Putrino
Edwin Vargas Navarro
- Vista
- University of California Berkeley
- My experience at the Fair has been a phenomenal growth experience. I am deeply appreciative of my immigrant parents’ sacrifices raising nine children. This amazing scholarship will enable me to attend my dream school, become a math teacher, and show that the long hours my father worked in the strawberry fields were not in vain.
Kylie Konyn
- Escondido
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- I am a lifetime 4-H member and give my whole self to my club, community, country, and world. I feel privileged to know I will earn a B.S. in Animal Science, secure an advanced degree, and contribute to the growth and utilization of genetic and nutritional information in the agriculture industry. Thank you, Don Diego!
Juancarlos Cigarrero
- Solana Beach
- San Diego State University
- The Fair was my first job. My father and mother work tirelessly doing manual labor with selflessness and tenacity. Being raised in a low-income household to immigrant parents motivated me to develop a ‘can-do’ attitude that guides my life. I am proud to be a first-generation college student and help break my family’s cycle of poverty.
Alexander Poroy
- Encinitas
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Winning first place in the Student Showcase for my architectural design taught me how it feels to be passionate about a project and made me well-rounded. This Don Diego scholarship will help me immensely as I pursue an MBA and fulfill the potential that businesses have to change the world for the better.