Past Scholarship Winners
2024 2023
Linsey Towles, Cal State Long Beach Shaanth Kodialam Nanguneri, UCLA
Leila Alarcon, Cal State Long Beach Hien Nguyen, University of La Verne
Kristine Pascual, Cal Poly Pomona Victoria Valenzuela, USC
Julia King, Loyola Marymount University Brenda Elizondo, Cal State Fullerton
Sofiya Vasquez, North Hollywood High School Delilah Brumer, Daniel Pearl Magnet High School
Ava Paulsen, Castaic High School
2022 2021
Kamryn Bouyett, Cal State University Long Beach Lisi Burciaga, Cal State Fullerton
Saumya Gupta, UCLA Yuki Liang, USC
Vanessa Garcia, Cal State University Northridge Anthony Bautista, Cal State Fullerton
Samantha Torre, Pepperdine University Angelina Hicks, Chapman University
Kiana Kalahele, Chapman University Tess Kazenoff, Cal State Long Beach
Jonathan Bigall, Cal State University Long Beach Richard Tzul, Cal State Los Angeles
2019
Stephanie Lai, UCLA
Kate Sequeira, USC
Blake Atwell, Santa Monica College
Kaidi (Ruby) Yuan, USC
Julie Madsen, UC Berkeley
2020
Madalyn Amato, California State University Long Beach
Devin Herenda, Pasadena City College
Nathan Hyun, University of Southern California
Lauren LaBruna, University of Southern California
Siqi "Karen" Wang, University of Southern California
Logan Bik, California State University, Northridge
2017
John Corley
Tulika Bose
Nataly Keomoungkhoun
Fathima Khaja Mohaideen
2018
Ethan Lauren, Santa Monica College
Jason Rochlin, California State University, Fullerton
Imani Stephens, Arizona State University
Natalia Vivino, California State University, Northridge
"I wouldn’t be where I am today without SPJ. I wouldn’t be a broadcast journalism student at the University of Miami on a full ride combination of grants and scholarships. I wouldn’t be reporting in studio and in the field for UMTV’s live, Emmy award-winning sports and news shows. And I wouldn’t be interning in the sports department at CNN.
The scholarship I earned at the end of my freshman year at Santa Monica College propelled me to accomplish my goals as a student journalist, and it’s all thanks to SPJ."
— Blake Atwell,
2019 recipient of the Helen Johnson Memorial Scholarship
2015
Kevin Tsukii, University of Southern California
Naomi Ogaldez, California State University, Northridge
Katie Shepherd, University of California, Los Angeles
Jordyn Holman, USC
Bianca Gonzalez, Santa Monica High School
2016
Emily Lee
Angel Carreras
2010
Yazmin Cruz, Cal State University, Northridge
Natalie Yemenidjian, Pierce College
Regina Graham, Spelman College
Ariel Edwards-Levy, USC
Derrick Taruc, Cal Poly Pomona
Jiyoon Jane Yu, UCLA
2013
Abraham Jauregi, CSU Fullerton
Alexander Campbell, CSU Long Beach and Ivana Nguyen, CSU Fullerton
Sarah McClure, Chapman University
Jennifer Luxton, CSU Northridge
Arceli Gutierrez, Cleveland High School, Reseda