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Award Program
¡Lanzate! Premio Universitario/Take Off! Higher Education Award
The following 70 college students from across the United States are the recipients of the ¡Lanzate! Premio Universitario/Take Off! Higher Education Award:
| Student's Name | College Standing and Major | Hometown | College or University, City, and State | |
| 1 | Denise Abellano | Freshman - Biology, Pre-Med | San Antonio, Texas | Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine |
| 2 | Brian Agredano | Sophomore - Biomedical Engineering | Yorba Linda, California | Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut |
| 3 | Jarrad Aguirre | Junior - Biology | Centennial, Colorado | Yale University in New Haven, Colorado |
| 4 | Azucena Arevalo | Freshman - journalism | Alton, Texas | Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan |
| 5 | Orlando Baeza | Junior - Business Marketing/Business Management | Palmdale, California | Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island |
| 6 | Jessica Barajas | Junior - Special Major: Political Science & Education | Ontario, California | Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania |
| 7 | Nidia Bautista | Freshman - Political Science | Sun Valley, California | Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa |
| 8 | Fernando Benavidez | Senior - Fine Arts/Education | Atascosa, Texas | Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, TX |
| 9 | Rocio Bravo | Sophomore - Political Science | McFarland, California | Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island |
| 10 | Angelina Calderon | Junior - Political Science | Los Angeles, California | Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut |
| 11 | Yoshira Cardenas Licea | Freshman - undecided | Ontario, California | Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 12 | Maria Chavez | Freshman - Biology | Ontario, California | California State University in Hayward, California |
| 13 | Joel Crespo | Professional - N/A | Riverside, California | Boston University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts |
| 14 | Danielle Cuellar | Freshman - Civil Engineering | Houston, Texas | Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California |
| 15 | Albert Davila | Freshman - Environmental Studies and Geology | Upland, California | Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio |
| 16 | Sonja Diaz | Graduate - Public Administratoin | Alhambra, California | New York UniversityWagner School of Public Service in New York, New York |
| 17 | Pamela Escobar | Junior - Community Health | Arleta, California | Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island |
| 18 | Felix Garcia | Sophomore - Mechanical Engineering | Edinburg, Texas | Cornell University in Ithaca, New York |
| 19 | Veder Garcia | Graduate - Plant Biology | Berkeley, California | University of California-Berkeley in Berkeley, California |
| 20 | Cristian Gomez | Graduate - Sociology | Los Angeles, California | Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York |
| 21 | Maribel Gomez | Junior - Psychology and Education | Pomona, California | Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania |
| 22 | Amy Gonzalez | Freshman - Business | Houston, Texas | Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois |
| 23 | Kristin Gonzalez | Graduate - PhD Experimental Psychology | Lubbock, Texas | Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas |
| 24 | Bernadette Grajeda | Freshman - Biology | El Paso, Texas | Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, TX |
| 25 | Reynaldo Guerra | Graduate - Mechanical Engineering | Santa Fe, Texas | UC Berkeley in Berkeley, California |
| 26 | Elisa Hernandez | Junior - Business Economics | Brentwood, California | Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, California |
| 27 | Rosibel Hernandez | Junior - Behavioral Neuroscience | Canoga Park, California | Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut |
| 28 | Maria Herrera | Graduate - Clinical Psychology | Richmond, California | University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska |
| 29 | Ricky Ignacio | Freshman - Environmental Science | Los Angeles, California | University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 30 | Leslie Jimenez | Senior - Organismic and Evolutionary Biology | Compton, California | Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 31 | Jonathan Jimenez | Senior - Economics | Casselberry, Florida | Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut |
| 32 | Lizbeeth Lopez | Junior - Biology, Psychology | Sacramento, California | Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania |
| 33 | Ociel Martinez | Freshman - N/A | Houston, Texas | St John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 34 | Daisy Mateo | Sophomore - Political Science | Los Angeles, California | Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |
| 35 | Kristen Mauricio | Sophomore - Business | Santa Paula, California | University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana |
| 36 | Annie Mendoza | Graduate - Ph.D. student in Latin American Literature | San Diego, California | University of California-San Diego in La Jolla, California |
| 37 | Sylvia Mendoza | Graduate - Bicultural Studies | San Antonio, Texas | University of Texas at San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas |
| 38 | Noel Mendoza | Freshman - Political Science | Bell, California | Georgetown University in Washington D.C., Washington, D.C. |
| 39 | Abelardo Molina | Senior - Aviation Flight Technology | Hermiston, Oregon | Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 40 | Alejandra Navarro | Senior - Human Biology and Ethnic Studies | Sylmar, California | Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island |
| 41 | Esteban Parra | Freshman - Pre-Med | Tucson, Arizona | Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |
| 42 | Steven Plane | Graduate - Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics | Las Cruces, New Mexico | University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama |
| 43 | Jake Prendez | Graduate - Chicano Studies | Northridge, California | California State University Northridge in Northridge, California |
| 44 | Melisa Ramos | Graduate - Art History | Weslaco, Texas | University of Texas-San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas |
| 45 | Jorge Ramos | Graduate - Landscape Ecology | Seattle, Washington | University of Washington in Seattle, Washington |
| 46 | Arian Razzaghi | Freshman - Biochemistry, Latin American Studies | Lawndale, California | Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 47 | Cesar Rivadeneyra | Graduate - Aerospace Engineering | Pacoima, California | Cornell University in Ithaca, New York |
| 48 | Christin Rivera | Graduate - Biology | Houston, Texas | University of St.Thomas in Houston, Texas |
| 49 | Krystle Rivera | Graduate - Clinical Psychology, Ph.D. | Salem, Massachusetts | Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts |
| 50 | Luisel Rodriguez | Graduate - Chemistry | Champaign, Illinois | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, Illinois |
| 51 | Glenda Rodriguez | Professional - Pharmacy | Tampa, Florida | Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska |
| 52 | Angela Rodriguez | Freshman - Undeclared - Maybe Sociology | Covina, California | Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey |
| 53 | Danai Ruiz | Junior - Social Welfare | Santa Ana, California | University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California |
| 54 | Jenny Ruiz | Sophomore - Biomedical Engineering San Juan | Capistrano, California | Columbia University in the City of New York in New York, New York |
| 55 | Flor Salas | Senior - English | El Paso, Texas | Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, TX |
| 56 | David Salazar | Freshman - Business and Finance | Trabuco Canyon, California | Duke University in Durham, North Carolina |
| 57 | Christina Sanchez | Graduate - Masters in Public Policy and Urban Planning | Los Angeles, California | Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 58 | Irene Sanchez | Graduate - Educational Leadership and Policy Studies | Riverside, California | University of Washington in Seattle, Washington |
| 59 | Elijah Sanchez | Sophomore - Spanish, Communications | Aiea, Hawaii | University of Washington in Seattle, Washington |
| 60 | Francine Segovia | Graduate - Psychology | Ann Arbor, Michigan | University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 61 | Jessica Serna | Freshman - Arabic | Roma, Texas | Georgetown University in Washington D.C., Washington, D.C. |
| 62 | Julian Sesma | Freshman - Biology with Pre-Med | Chula Vista, California | Georgetown University in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. |
| 63 | Mayra Sigala | Graduate - Guidance and Counseling | El Paso, Texas | Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas |
| 64 | Luis Sotomayor | Sophomore - Biology | Las Vegas, Nevada | University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 65 | Brenda Trejo | Freshman - General Science | Idaho Falls, Idaho | Seattle University in Seattle, Washington |
| 66 | Katherine Trujillo | Freshman - Interdisciplinary Studies, Latin American Studies | Los Angeles, California | UC Berkeley in Berkeley, California |
| 67 | Michael Vargas | Senior - Political Science | San Benito, Texas | Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island |
| 68 | Celina Velazquez | Freshman - Political Science | Ukiah, California | UC San Diego in Ukiah, California |
| 69 | Juan Villanueva | Freshman - Engineering | Santa Ana, California | San Fransisco State University in San Francisco, California |
| 70 | Petra Villegas | Freshman - Psychology | Houston, Texas | Whittier College in Whittier, California |
