In Their Words 2023

Student award and scholarship recipients across the Division of Social Sciences share what UC Santa Cruz means to them, advice for fellow students, and plans for the future.

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Meet the 2022-23 Award Winners

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    Celia Alcantara

    Celia Alcantara is the recipient of the 2023 Dr. Midori Arima Scholarship in Anthropology.
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    Joy Anderson

    Joy Anderson received the Division of Social Sciences 2022-2023 Dean’s Undergraduate Award.
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    Edith Avalos-Rodriguez

    Edith Avalos-Rodriguez received the 2023 Kathryn Cheney Merriam Scholarship.
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    Brianna Barrientos

    Brianna Barrientos received the 2022-2023 Dean's Undergraduate Award Division of Social Sciences.
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    Emmy Boe

    Emmy Boe received the 2022-23 Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Award.
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    Annabel Bower

    Annabel Bouwer received the 2022-23 Social Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award.
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    Eliana Bower

    Eliana Bower received the 2022-2023 Keeley Coastal Scholars Award.
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    Serena Campbell

    Serena Campbell received the Division of Social Sciences 2022-2023 Dean’s Undergraduate Award.
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    Maria Luisa Carmona

    Maria Luisa Carmona received the 2022-23 Benjamin Quaye Award for Social Justice
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    Amani Chowdhury

    Amani Chowdhury is the recipient of a 2023 Fanny Carruthers Award in Sociology.
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    Chris DeMarinis-Gutierrez

    Chris DeMarinis-Gutierrez received the 2022-23 Valerie Fuette Scholarship.
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    Gepeng Ding

    Gepeng Ding received a 2022-23 Social Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award.
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    Lauren Fritz

    Lauren Fritz received the 2022-2023 Keeley Coastal Scholars Award.
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    Olivia Uribe Garcia

    Olivia Uribe Garcia received the 2022-2023 Delta Kappa Gamma Education Award.
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    Suzie Gonzalez

    Suzie Gonzalez received the 2022-2023 Walsh Family Scholarship Award.
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    William Guerrero

    William Guerrero is a recipient of the 2023 Milam-McGinty-Kaun award from the Sociology Department.
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    Brent Horning

    Brent Horning received the Division of Social Sciences 2022-2023 Dean’s Undergraduate Award.
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    Guneet Hora

    Guneet Hora received the 2022-23 Weiss Family Scholarship.
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    Jaden Huerta

    Jaden Huerta received the 2022-23 Benjamin Quaye Award Memorial Endowment for Social Justice.
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    Brooke Ashley Johnson

    Brooke Johnson received the 2022-2023 Chancellor's Award and the 2022-23 Dean's Undergraduate Award.
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    Elina Juvonen

    Elina Juvonen received the Division of Social Sciences 2022-2023 Dean’s Undergraduate Award.
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    Amanda LaPore

    Amanda LaPore received the 2022-23 Fanny Carruthers Award in Sociology.
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    John Matter

    John Matter received the 2023 Dr. Midori Arima Scholarship in Anthropology.
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    Samanta Meza

    Samanta Meza received the 2022-23 Walsh Family Scholarship Award.
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    Serena Mueller

    Serena Mueller is the recipient of then 2023 Dr. Midori Arima Scholarship in Anthropology.
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    Oluwanifemi Ogundeko

    Oluwanifemi Ogundeko received the Robert J. Shepherd Economics Accounting Path Scholarship.
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    Simon Pierce

    Simón Lincoln Pierce received the 2022-23 Valerie Fuette Scholarship.
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    Ando Rabearisoa

    Ando Rabearisoa received the 2022-2023 Keeley Coastal Scholars Award.
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    Amanda Safi

    Amanda Safi received the 2022-23 Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Award.
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    Veronica Salazar

    Veronica Salazar received the 2022-2023 Walsh Family Scholarship Award.
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    Lilyana Sanchez

    Lilyana Sanchez received the 2022-2023 Sabrina Greenfield Award.
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    Bhavyaa Sharma

    Bhavyaa Sharma received the 2022-23 Milam-McGinty-Kaun Award.
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    Zoe Shmidt

    Zoe Shmidt received the 2022-2023 Ryan Heumann Award.
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    Wictoria Silvestre

    Wictoria Silvestre is a recipient of the 2023 Blanche McKenzie Scholarship.
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    Jiayue Sun

    Jiayue Sun received the Nancy Pascal Scholarship Award in 2022 and the Dean’s Research Award in 2023.
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    Meghan Ueland 

    Meghan Ueland received the 2022-2023 Richard and Cindy Morley Award in Education.
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    Salma Valladares

    Salma Valladares received the 2022-2023 Keeley Coastal Scholars Award.
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    Elyse Venerable

    Elyse Venerable received the 2022-2023 Ryan Heumann Anthropology Undergraduate Award.
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    Elsie Vizcarra

    Elsie Vizcarra received the 2022-2023 Walsh Family Scholarship Award.
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    Sofia Carolina Wageman

    Sofia Carolina Wageman is the recipient of the Fanny Carruthurs Award in Sociology.
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    Morgan Yates

    Morgan Yates received the Division of Social Sciences 2022-2023 Dean’s Undergraduate Award.