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2025 Pedrozzi Scholars Celebrate at the Bankhead Theater. (Photo courtesy of Ron Essex Photography)

2025 Pedrozzi Scholars Celebrate at the Bankhead Theater. (Photo courtesy of Ron Essex Photography)
The Pedrozzi Foundation announced last month that it has awarded nearly $500,000 in scholarships to 128 Livermore high school graduating seniors and college students for the 2025-2026 school year.
The Livermore-based nonprofit also announced 15 middle school students were accepted into its Young Scholars program during its annual recognition program at the Bankhead Theater.
The Pedrozzi Young Scholars program identifies high-achieving fifth grade students attending the Marylin Avenue STEAM Academy in Livermore and supports them academically through middle and high school.
Accepted into the program this year were Kamila Ayala Gutierrez, David Garcia, Sariya Hudson, Antonio Lopez, Lily Martinez, Scarlett Martinez, Arek Nieto Buitron, Andrei Lyle Onate, Lucas Preston, Suzanne Ramos, Autumn Schoonover, Audrey Jerine Torio, Karla Vera Caballero, Scarlett Weems and Mateo Zavala Moreno.
The Pedrozzi college scholarships for graduates of the Livermore Joint Unified School District can be used for tuition, books or living expenses while attending a four-year university or community college, or while enrolled in a vocational training program.
While most of the scholarships are funded by an endowment established by the late businessman and former Livermore city council member Mario Pedrozzi, the foundation said 37 of this year’s scholarships were funded by community members.
That includes the newly created Lee Davisson Memorial Scholarship, established by Davisson’s wife, Heidi Kaseff, for students whose educational journeys don’t follow a traditional path.
That scholarship went to Melissa (Silva) Hernandez, a 2001 Granada High School graduate who now lives in Tracy. Hernandez, granddaughter of former Livermore Mayor Roger Silva, recently returned to school to pursue a degree in accounting and finance while continuing to work and raising two daughters.
Another community scholarship, the Dr. John Shirley Memorial Scholarship established by the Rotary Club of Livermore, went to Adelyne McMichael, who serves on the Livermore Youth Council. McMichael plans to study plant biology and pursue a career in biotechnology or plant genetics to develop solutions for food security and climate resilience.
Also receiving Pedrozzi scholarships were:
Sydney Aguilar, Maria Aigeldinger, Ally Almiranez, Avery Aluzzi, Erik Anderson, Lukas Anderson, Valeria Arizmendi Sevillano, Joshua Armstrong, Madison Bassett, Nuri Baxamusa, Sophia Bertolo, Ishita Bhadra, Darshini Binduraj, Madden Black, Noah Blake, Justin Blanton, Soren Bumpus and Jolenny Canela, Kimberly Cano, Kaylan Carter, Cristopher Cerf, Adithi Chakkera, Callie Chase, Advika Choudhary, Eleanor Cowan, William Crowhurst, James Dayton, Vipin Deepak, Yoselin Delgado, Sophia Eisenbies, Gabriel Engelsgjerd, Jonathan Espinoza, Clara Faria, River Ferrin Pann, Aryaman Gandhi, Mia Geraci, Alice Graham, Elia Gribi, Joryn Harlan, Mia Harrison, Addison Hart, Branden Harvey, Isabella Hawkins, Grace Heaney, Britney Hernandez, Carlos Hernandez, Melissa Hernandez, Hayden Hobbs, Joshua Hydrick and Malana Island.
Also, Emma Jensen, Olivia Jordan, Jordan Kawano, Eleanor Kraft, Hana Kriplani, Michaela Ledon, Victoria Leeds-Piotrowski, Eleanor Leek, Gabrielle Lemoine, Jordyn Lim, Blanca Lopez Alas, Hedrianna Macias, David Macintire, Hailee MacLean-Herbert, Audrey Manley, Sarah Mariyan, Tara Martin, Evan Mathews, Marisa Mayfield, Gabrielle McClung, Alana McKee, Adelyne McMichael, Aaron McMillin, Julian Medrano, Aarav Mehta, Austin Melendez, Siddarth Menon, Courtney Miranda, Ziad Mohammed, Tanner Muela, Chanchal Mukeshsingh, Ruthvik Murali, Vishvesh Murali, Vincent Nguyen, Aidan Ofori, Faith Ogunfunmi, Pravallika Pasupulati, Ivy Perez, Joynell Perry, Claire Phillips, Colt Piazza, Alex Piscotty, Abigail Poe, Shrish Premkrishna, Alessandra Puentes, Alyssa Ramon, Hannah Rasmussen, Avery Reynolds and Benjamin Rho.
Also, Samantha Romero, Vanessa Rosales, Abigail Sabado, Isha Sahu, Porter Seiwald, Anshika Shah, Bhhavya Sharma, Rachael Songey, Matthew Sorenson, Thaarak Sriram, Abby Stein, Laina Stifter, Justine Stokes, Kyle Strait, Erica Stranutu, Madison Swansiger, Christian Taovil, Minhtam Van dinh, Anna Van Essen, Riley Venturi, Joseph Viri, Jesleen Walia, Kate Wang, Priel Wolfe, Isabela Wu and Erin Yu.
The foundation said scholarships this year totaled $448, 500.
Mario Pedrozzi left an endowment of nearly $8 million to the community when he died in 2002. Since its founding in 2008, the Pedrozzi Foundation has awarded more than $7.1 million in scholarships to more than 1,900 graduates of Livermore schools.
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