REV. GEORGE T. RUFFOLO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
Scholarship Recipients 2013 – 2023
Over $217,000.00 Awarded 2013 - 2024
2023 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
OSIEL OROZCO / ARGO HIGH SCHOOL/ U OF I / $3500
MIA MADRIGAL / ERIC SOLORIO / BOSTON COLLEGE / $3500
ALEJANDRA LOPEZ NUNEZ / UNIV OF IL CHICAGO / $2000
JAILINE RUIZ / HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE / ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY / $2000
HENRY NWANKWO / LINDLOM PREP / N.C. TECH STATE UNIVERSITY / $2000
JAYDA TAYLOR / MARIAN CATHOLIC HS / UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO / $2000
2022 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
KRISTINA WANG / KELLY HIGH SCHOOL / 3.78 GPA / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / NURSING / $2,000 AWARD
JOCELYN CORONA / KELLY HIGH SCHOOL / CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA / PSYCHOLOGY / $2,000 AWARD
LESLIE ESPINOZA / ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY / RADIATION THERAPY AND MEDICINE, ONCOLOGY / $2,000 AWARD
CECIL WHITE / SARAH GOODE HIGH SCHOOL / LOYOLA MARYAMOUNT UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA / BUSINESS / $2,000 AWARD
JUSTIN POLK / LINDBLOM MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY / LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA / BIOCHEMISTRY / $2,000 AWARD
ISAMAR OROZCO / ARGO COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO / BIOLOGY / $2,000 AWARD
ANDREA CASANOVA / CORNELL UNIVERSITY / BUSINESS & HOTEL ADMINISTRATION / $2,000 AWARD
SOPHIA LOPEZ / CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL / UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN / CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY / $2,000 AWARD
SAMUEL RANDOLPH / HARLAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL / MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY / CIVIL ENGINEERING / $2,000 AWARD
ANDREA MARTINEZ / LINDBLOM HIGH SCHOOL / UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN / PSYCHOLOGY / $2,000 AWARD
JAY ANA SMITH / SARAH GOODE STEM ACADEMY / BRADLEY UNIVERSITY / NURSING / $2,000 AWARD
GABRIELA SOWINSKA / KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL / DEPAUL UNIVERSITY / SECONDARY EDUCATION / $2,000 AWARD
2021 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
JAVIER BATRES / HORIZON SCIENCE ACADEMY / NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY / BUSINESS / $2,000 PLUS $500 PRESIDENT’S AWARD
STEFANY BOYAS / SENIOR, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS GRAINGER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING / $2,000 PLUS $500 PRESIDENT’S AWARD
EZEKIEL BRAMBLE / VON STEUBEN MSC / DEPAUW UNIVERSITY / ECONOMICS / $2,000
ADAM CIECIERSKI / ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP / LOYOLA UNIVERSITY-CHICAGO / PRE-MED / $2,000
ÁNGEL LÓPEZ / THOMAS KELLY COLLEGE PREP / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHAMPAIGN-URBANA / POLITICAL SCIENCE & LAW / $2,000
MELISSA RIOS / ERIC SOLORIO ACADEMY / COLUMBIA COLLEGE-CHICAGO / COMMUNICATIONS / $2,000
AALIYAH SEALS / SOPHOMORE, HOWARD UNIVERSITY - WASHINGTON DC / CRIMINAL LAW / $2,000
2020 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
ERICK PADILLA / WHITNEY YOUNG MAGNET H.S. / MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY / ENGINEERING / $2,000
ANTONIO JIMENEZ / WHITNEY YOUNG MAGNET H.S. / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT C.U. / MEDICINE / $2,000
FERNANDO ROSELL / LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY / NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY-ENGINEERING / $2,000
MERCEDES MARTINEZ / KELLY H.S. / WHITMAN COLLEGE / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE /$2,000
ALEX OCHOA / ERIC SOLORIO ACADEMY / OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY-MEDICINE / $2,000
VICTORIA MENDEZ / RAUNER COLLEGE PREP / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / ECONOMICS / $2,000
TRI HO / WILLIAM H. TAFT H.S. / YALE UNIVERSITY / POLITICAL SCIENCE / $2,000
NIKOLA STAMENOVIC / KENNEDY H.S. / NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY / LAW / $2,000
MARIAM AJEIGBE / LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT C.U. / MEDICINE / $2,000
MAGALY MURO / LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY / DEPAUL UNIVERSITY / ENGLISH / $2,000
FRANKLIN GUACHICHULCA / U OF I COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (CURRENTLY ENROLLED) / ENGINEERING / $ 2,000
SAMANTHA HERNANDEZ / LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT C.U. / MEDICINE / $2,000
2019 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
ARMANDO CAMARGO / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN / $3000
JACOB NIETO / MARIAN CATHOLIC H.S. / ILLINOIS STATE /$3000
GABRIELLA HERRERA/MARIAN CATHOLIC H.S. / GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY / $3000
RACHEL MARY ALBER / ARGO COMMUNITY H.S./ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN / $2200
DENISE CARMONA / THOMAS KELLY H.S. / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN / $2200
ANDREA BANDA / ST IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP / ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY / $2200
CHRISTINA JAVORKA / MARIAN CATHOLIC H.S./ OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY/ $2200
FERNANDO RIOS MERODIO / WHITNEY YOUNG H.S / WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY/ $2200
GIANNA TORRES / ITW DAVID SPEER ACADEMY / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / $2200
2018 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
PABLO SANCHEZ/WHITNEY YOUNG HS./UIUC/$2000
PRESIDENTS AWARD $500
ULISES DEGADILLO/CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY/$2000
ALEXA TELLEZ/FENTON H.S./ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON/$2000
JAZMIN ANGELICA BRITO/ DEPAUL UNIVERSITY / $2000
JOCELYN AGUIRRE/KELLY H.S. / ST. OLAF COLLEGE MN/$2000
SIYANA POPOVA/GLENBROOK SOUTH H.S./OXFORD COLLEGE OF EMORY UNIV. GA/$2000
MICHAEL VEGA/ LOYOLA ACADEMY / ST. LOUIS UNIV./ $2000
EVEYLN MARTINEZ / KELLY H.S./UIUC $2000
KATYA GARCIA/ COLLEGE OF DUPAGE / GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY/ $2000
DALIA ROBLES / UNI. OF IL COLLEGE PREP/ UIUC / $2000
CLARISSA MARMOLEJO / MORTON COLLEGE / DEPAUL UNIVERSITY / $2000
2017 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
JACOB MUNOZ / BROTHER RICE H.S./ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY/ $2,000.00 SCHOLARSHIP and WINNER OF THE 2017 PRESIDENT’S AWARD/$2,000.00
VIVIAN MOTA / PROVISO MATHAMATICS AND SCIENCE ACADEMY/ UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON/ $2,000.00
JULIANA REYES / KELLY H.S./ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS at CHAMPAIGN-URBANA/ $2,000.00
ASHLEY VILLAGOMEZ / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS at CHAMPAIGN-URBANA/ $2,000.00
PETER MAIOLO / VICTOR J. ANDREW H.S./ DePaul UNIVERSITY/ $2,000.00
MARIA BATRES / NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY/ $2,000.00
ADRIANA ESPARZA / DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY/ $2,000.00
MATHIAS MORALES / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS at CHAMAPIGN-URBANA/ $2,000.00
SALMA SANTOYA / NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY/ $2,000.00
2016 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
REBECA SEPULVEDA / FENWICK H.S./ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS- CHICAGO/ $2,000.00
DAMIAN RICHARDSON / ST. IGNATIUS H.S./ HARVARD UNIVERSITY/ $2,000.00
MATHIAS MORALES / ST. LAURENCE H.S./ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS/ $2,000.00
ALLISON IZGUERRA / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS/ $2,000.00
ANABEL CRUZ-LUVIANO / DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY/ $2,000.00
LUIS VALTIERRA/ THOS. KELLY H.S./ LUTHER COLLEGE/$2,000.00
VICTORIA MOTA / PRO. Math & SCIENCE ACADEMY/ ST. MARY’S UNI OF MINNESOTA/ $2,000.00
ELIZABETH MORENO / THOS. KELLY H.S/ NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY/ $2,000.00
2015 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
ELIZABETH GONZALEZ / HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE/ $2,000.00
HUMBERTO HERMOSILLO / ARGO COMMUNITY H.S. / $2,000.00
JOSEPH MORA / SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE/ $2,000.00
EDNA SANCHEZ / DE PAUL UNIVERSITY/ $2,000.00
KRISTEN HALKO / ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY-MVCC/ $2,000.00
JAMES CONSIDENE / DE LA SALLE H.S./ $ 2,000.00
JOSEPH CONSIDENE / DE LA SALLE H.S./ $2,000.00
2014 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
NICK MARQUEZ / PLAINFIELD H.S. / $3,500.00
MARLENE SAUCEDO / WEST LEYDEN H.S. / $3,500.00
OCTAVIANA ARVIZU NINO / HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE / $2,000.00
LORENZO ANTONIO MORALES / ST. LAURENCE H.S./ $2,000.00
STEVEN ORTA / CHICAGO BULLS ACADEMY PREP/ $2,000.00
ALEJANDRO LUNA / ST. LAURENCE H.S./ $2,000.0
2013 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
CAROLINA E. AVILA / THE WILLOWS ACADEMY H.S. / $4,500.00
DIANA TRUJILLO / DE LA SALLE H.S./ $2,000.00
MARILOU TERRONES / CRISTO REY H.S./ $2,000.00
RICARDO RAMIREZ / DE LA SALLE H.S./ $2,000.00
GUADALUPE BANDA / CRISTO REY H.S./ $2,000.00