Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship

Meet 2024 Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship Preciosa Ramos! Preciosa will be studying Pharmaceutical Chemistry at UC Davis in the fall! 💛💚

At WHS, Preciosa was a four-year member and Vice President of AVID, a member of Interact, and a Pharmacy Ambassador at the Career & Technical Education Center (“CTEC”). Preciosa is grateful for the support of her CTEC teacher, Choanice Cole, for playing a significant role in her desire for higher education in the healthcare field. Congratulations Preciosa!

Meet 2024 Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship Natalie Pulido! Natalie will be majoring in Biology and minoring in Communication at UC Davis in the fall! 💚💛

At WHS, Natalie was President of Interact and was selected to participate in the Breaking Down the Walls program. She was a member of the Cheer Squad, the French Club, and the Principal Student Advisory Council. Natalie is grateful for the support of her mother, Yajaira Pulido, and the encouragement and presence of her stepfather, Jose Quintero. Congratulations Natalie!

Meet 2024 Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship Christopher Paez! Chris will be studying Mechanical Engineering at UC Irvine in the fall! 💛💚

Chris played soccer and volleyball for WHS, and also competes in Esports. He was part of the We the People team, participated in Link Crew, and for many years, has worked at his father’s pool service company. Chris is grateful to his math teacher, Gary Giese, who he credits with his interest in Mechanical Engineering. Congratulations Chris!

Meet 2024 Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship Amy Haddad! Amy will be studying History (and is considering a double major in Psychology) at Cal State Bakersfield!

Amy held two ASB offices at WHS: Vice President and Spirit Commissioner. She was also involved in Interact, Caregivers Club, Mock Trial, Swim Team, mentored incoming freshmen as part of the Link Crew Team, and holds a job at Reading Cinemas. Amy is especially grateful for the support of her Spanish teacher, Jose Santos, for the faith he showed in her to succeed.
Congratulations Amy!

Meet 2024 Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship Maria Gonzalez! Maria will be studying Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources at BC, with plans to transfer to CSUB! 💚💛

Maria has interned for Valley Strong Credit Union for two years and has participated in Dual Enrollment, which allowed her to take college courses on campus at WHS. She was also involved with Interact, dedicated extra time to community service, and currently works 20 hours a week at Abercrombie & Fitch.
Maria credits her parents as the inspiration for her college ambitions. Congratulations Maria!

Meet 2024 Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship Alexa Gomez! Alexa will be studying Civil Engineering at UCLA in the fall! 💚💛

Alexa was involved in numerous activities at WHS! She was President of Femineers and AVID, Vice President of Interact, 2-time co-captain of the varsity wrestling team, and she plays #2 singles on varsity tennis. She also works as a KFC team member.
She credits the support of her parents and the encouragement of her AVID teacher, Nicole Rodriguez, in her desire to seek higher education. Congratulations Alexa!

Tonight at the Class of 2024 WHS Senior Awards Ceremony, we introduced our seven new Zulfa Scholars and announced that each were awarded a $10,000 scholarship ($70,000 total). We now have 43 Zulfa Scholars and have given out over $250,000 in scholarships. We are so proud of these students and so thankful for the donors who have made this possible. A special moment from tonight was Diane McGee (who many of us remember from our own WHS days) telling the students to "always come back." 💚💛

Still thinking about all the fun we had together at the Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship Dinner! Stay tuned for bios of each of the remarkable 2024 Zulfa Scholars over the next few weeks, plus catching up with some of our wonderful past recipients!💛💚

We had so much fun celebrating our 2024 Zulfa Scholars! Thank you for sending us your photos and tagging the Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship in your posts! 💚💛 Special thanks to the Class of 81 who traveled far and came out in force this year!

Thank you to EVERYONE who came out to support the Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship on Saturday night! We had a fabulous SOLD OUT event and awarded $70,000 in scholarships!

Learn a little about Amy, Natalie, Chris, Alexa, Joseph, Preciosa and Maria - our 2024 Zulfa Scholars - in the video below! 💚💛

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Since we have so many new donors, supporters, and scholars, we thought we would repost the essay published last fall in Zibby Magazine about the origin of the Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship - and why doing this work in Fred's memory is so meaningful to us. 💛💚

Creating a Scholarship in Honor of My Late Friend — Zibby Mag | The Literary Lifestyle Destinatio We gather every year in his memory; he’s kept our old friendships alive after all this time By Jill Fordyce

We are so happy to announce that the 2024 Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship dinner is SOLD OUT! To our classmates, sponsors, donors, friends, and family who have all been so supportive of our mission, THANK YOU! We can’t wait for April 27, where we will be introducing and celebrating the SEVEN new Zulfa Scholars! 💚💛

Thank you so much to Agilitech (https://www.agilitechgroup.com), the Bakersfield Breakfast Lions (https://www.bblions.com), QualCare (https://www.qualcareipa.com), Aspire Counseling Services (https://aspirecounselingservice.com), and Primoris Services Corporation (https://www.prim.com) for their generous support of the Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship! 💚💛 Please check out their websites to learn more about our wonderful sponsors!

Cheers to all of you for helping us fill the room! We are almost sold out of tickets to the Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship Dinner! If you want to be part of this wonderful night and meet our 2024 Zulfa Scholars, get your tickets now! 💛💚

We are so happy to announce that we have selected the 2024 scholarship recipients and we are awarding more money this year than ever before! This is only possible due to the incredible generosity of our donors! We can't wait to see you all on April 27 and introduce you to the 2024 class of Zulfa Scholars! 💛💚

More memories of one of our favorite nights of the year!💚💛 Tickets and sponsorships are still available for the Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship Dinner on April 27, 2024 at the Luigi's Warehouse. Come and meet the newest Zulfa Scholars!

Here are just a few memories from one of our favorite nights of the year: The Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship Dinner!💛💚We hope you'll join us on April 27 as we celebrate Fred, support the college dreams of West High students, and make more memories with old friends! Sponsorships, tables & tickets are available now!

It's time to buy tickets & tables for the Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship Dinner on April 27, 2024 at the Luigi's Warehouse. Please see the brochure below for sponsorship opportunities!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eXJyTK3S3dnShs_P4-TcZQKnSjLzIn84MN4yO1HxWxA/edit

We were thrilled to see so many seniors yesterday at the our presentation about applying for the 2024 Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship💛💚 Applications are due March 21st. We can't wait to read them all and select the next group of Zulfa Scholars!

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With UC and CSU application deadlines approaching, we are thinking about all the WHS seniors and wishing them the best of luck! 💚💛 We will be on campus in January to talk about the Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship and answer questions about the application! And remember to SAVE THE DATE - April 27, 2024 for our annual scholarship dinner!

Creating a Scholarship in Honor of My Late Friend — Zibby Mag | The Literary Lifestyle Destinatio We gather every year in his memory; he’s kept our old friendships alive after all this time By Jill Fordyce

Our five 2023 Zulfa Scholars are off to college! Best of luck to Zack, Brigith, Grace, Paris, and Mariana! 💛💚 We know you'll do great things!

Thank you to everyone who supported this journey for these incredible students to participate in the National Independence Day Parade! We have completed the performance, and hope you all are able to find live streaming recordings to see us! We did attempt a live mid parade, however technical difficulties might have happened and it may have not gone through for you to see. We look forward to compiling all of our video and photos and sharing it with you all! This experience in total has been a once in a lifetime and surreal experience, and we are all so grateful! At the end of the day, we are proud to have been able to give students a possibility to travel, and to experience something that they normally would not be able to experience! After this experience, we are looking forward to continue to give students opportunities to exemplify and show off our PRIDE!!

SAVE THE DATE: April 22, 2023 for the annual Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship Dinner at the Luigi's Warehouse! 2023 marks our TENTH YEAR of giving scholarships to WHS students and it promises to be a very special evening! Event details coming soon!

Tonight, the five 2022 Fred Zulfa Memorial Scholarship recipients will be acknowledged at WHS Senior Awards Night! Each of these students received $7500 scholarships. We wish them the best as they move on from West High to pursue their college dreams!

-Angelina Dela Rea will be studying Nursing and Biological Sciences at UC Irvine

-Yizel De Luna will be studying Nursing and Studio Arts at Bakersfield College

-Mell Mercado will be studying Pre-Medical Health Care at UCLA

-Jacob Ortiz will be studying Astrophysics at UC San Diego

-Tay’Jai Pray will be studying Psychology at CSU Fullerton

Congratulations Class of 2022!

Last call! Late night with Board Members Judge David Zulfa and Andrea Norman.