City Council Agenda Report
Meeting Date: September 16, 2025
From: Brian Saeki, City Administrator
Department: City Administration
Submitted by: Diana Figueroa, Senior Management Analyst Subject
Fiscal Year 2024-25 Vernon CommUNITY Fund Scholarship Grant Awards Recommendation
A. Receive and file the report on scholarship grants awarded by the Vernon CommUNITY Fund (VCF) Grant Committee for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25; and B. Recognize FY 2024-25 VCF Scholarship Grant Recipients for their outstanding academic performance, personal achievement, community involvement, and leadership.
Background
On August 20, 2025, the Vernon CommUNITY Fund (VCF) Grant Committee (Grant Committee) held a Special meeting to determine VCF Scholarship Grant Recipients for the 2024-25 fiscal year. There were a total of 38 scholarship grant applicants recommended for award (listed below in alphabetical order), and all were approved by the Grant Committee for the amounts recommended, for a combined total of $50,000.
Recipient Amount School
1 Solymar Acevedo $1,000 Maywood Center for Enriched Studies (MACES) 2 Casandra Aguilar $1,000 Huntington Park High
3 David Alvarez $1,000 Huntington Park High
4 Anna Baltazar $1,500 MACES
5 Jose Becerra $1,500 Huntington Park High
6 Sara Cabrales $1,000 MACES
7 Christian Castellanos $1,500 Mendez High
8 Briana Cervantes $1,000 Bell Senior High
9 Shaila Colin $1,500 Mendez High
10 Aliah Cruz $2,000 MACES
11 Estephanie Escobar $1,500 Bell Senior High
12 Estrella Flores $1,500 MACES
13 Claudia Gamino $1,000 MACES
14 Betsy Gaspar $1,000 Maywood Academy
15 Emily Gracian $1,500 MACES
16 Osmin Guerrero $1,500 MACES
17 Benjamin Hernandez $1,000 Bishop Mora Salesian
18 Leilani Hernandez $1,000 MACES
19 Raul Hernandez $1,500 MACES
20 Viviana Macias $1,500 MACES
21 Sammara Mendoza $2,000 MACES
22 Diego Monzon $1,000 MACES
23 Juan Moreno $1,000 MACES
24 Miguel Cruz Moreno $1,000 MACES
25 Marco Padilla $1,500 Huntington Park High
26 Marlon Perdomo $1,000 MACES
27 Daniel Perez $1,000 MACES
28 Isael Perez $1,500 MACES
29 Jocelyn Piceno $1,500 MACES
30 Emmanuel Ramirez $1,500 MACES
31 Janely Reyes $1,500 MACES
32 Ingri Romero $1,500 Maywood Academy
33 Isabella Salgado $1,500 MACES
34 Erick Sanchez $1,500 MACES
35 Ricardo Santiago $1,500 MACES
36 Alondra Torres $1,500 Huntington Park High
37 Marcedes Williams $1,000 Don Bosco Technical Institute 38 Kimberly Zacarias $1,000 MACES
Section 2.48.130(D) of the Vernon Municipal Code requires the Grant Committee Executive Director (City Administrator) provide the City Council a report of the grant related actions taken by the Grant Committee. Certificates will be presented to all VCF Scholarship Grant Recipients to acknowledge their awards.
Fiscal Impact
Sufficient funds for the total scholarship grants awarded of $50,000 were included in the General Fund, Community Promotion Department, Good Neighbor Account No. 011-010-140-529715 for FY 2024-25.
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