2021

Edwin Vargas Navarro

Vista
$20,000 Liss Family Scholarship/Top FFA Scholar
$1,000 Zable Foundation Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship
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.

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Escondido
$5,000 4-H Scholarship
$5,000 Spanjian Family Scholarship
$3,500 William & Betty Ann Tulloch Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship
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!

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Solana Beach
$5,000 George & Patricia Karetas Employee Scholarship
$2,500 Special Award
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.

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Encinitas
$5,000 Gerry & Jeannie Ranglas Exhibitor/Participant Scholarship
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.

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San Diego
$2,500 Employee Scholarship
San Diego State University

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Poway
$2,500 Juanita Hayes FFA Scholarship
$2,500 Ecke Family Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship
Montana State University

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Carlsbad
$2,500 4-H Scholarship
USD

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Encinitas
$2,500 Exhibitor/Participant Scholarship
Colorado State University

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Samantha Coleman
San Diego
$1,500 Shewmaker Family Employee Scholarship
Elon University

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Vista
$1,500 4-H Scholarship
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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