2014-2015 proved to be another successful and busy year for our R.I.S.E. seniors! This year our seniors will be attending: UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz, CSU Channel Islands, CSU Long Beach, CSU Northridge, CSU San Francisco, Peralta Community Colleges, US Army, San Francisco Academy of Art, Southwestern Christian College
Recipients of the Berkeley Community Fund 2015 ($16,000 needs-based scholarship):
Omar Aguilar, Kevin Lee, Ocean Spikes, Yilin Xu, Julia Yu
2017
Ambriz, Erick

Belle, Da'lano

Campos, Adrianna

Castro-Garcia, Gilberto

Chan, Nicholas

Conwright, Desmond

Cruz, Ariadna

Delaney, TY

Gonzalez Cristopher

Gordon-Chavez, Xalli

Grisby, Kaylah

Gyomtso, Yeshi

Lopez, Jessica

Lopez, Jonathan

Love, Barakah

R.I.S.E. was not only a program that helped me academically, but one that provided me a lot of emotional and developmental support. From finding myself and getting through tough times, I always knew I could count on the staff to be there for me. I struggled a lot keeping up with my academics and R.I.S.E. helped me to keep that in order. My counselor was constantly checking in on me and trying to find ways to help me out. He also tried to provide me with the right tools to figure it out on my own. I strongly felt that the program pushed me to want to do better for my own sake and to believe that I was more than capable of excellence. Initially, I’d say that R.I.S.E. gave me a roadmap to the start of my life, but I’ve come to realize that it gave me the strength, courage, tools and support to draw out my own roadmap. R.I.S.E. also gave me a lot of exposure to things like SAT prep courses, college tours, presentations to different career and educational options, even all the way down to tips on how to live on my own once I graduated. I am truly grateful that I was able to experience this and be a part of this beautiful program for I have no words for where I’d be without it.
Males, Joshua

Mujahid, Amir

Patterson, Normani

Peck, Michael

Roberts, Ivy

Rodriguez, Zaira

Spikes, Sean

Vazquez, Sergio

Ventura, Olivia

2016
Alas, Iliana

Allah, Sharif

Beamon, Laroy

Boynton, De’zha

Espino, Giselle

Goosby, Shakilyah

Guzman, Briah

Guzman, Kimberly

Harrison, Malik

Hou, Alice

Hudson, Draysean

Kim, Tarin

Leon, Felipe

Maciel, Emily

Monroe, Bryant

Paskos, Samira

Perez, Alondrah

Perez, Julio

Pham, Katherine

Pongtananon, Andrew

Ramirez, Saul

Rathaloengsak, Triroje

Sanchez, Johnathan

Sinchico, Jessaly

Tsomo, Yeshi

”Welch,
“]
BIO COMING SOON

2015
Abdo, Biritu - Berkeley Community College

Abdo, Diribe - Berkeley Community College

Abdo, Tariku - US Army

Aguilar, Omar- Cal State, San Francisco

Caldwell, Aljanae - Cal State, Channel Islands

Castillo, Emma - University of California, Santa Cruz

Castillo, Norangelle - Community College

Foreman, Mariah - Cal State, Northridge

Gonzalez, Gabriela - Community College

Hands, Daytwon - Berkeley Community College

Jefferson, Michael - Academy of Art, SF

Kwon, Dan - Community College

Lee, Kevin - UC Santa Cruz

Mejia, Cynthia - Community College

Paz-Leja, Eduardo - Community College

Rodriguez, Mixtli - Community College

Spikes, Ocean - Cal State, Long Beach

Williams, Bethany - Southwestern Christian College

Williams-Vestal, Deshawn - Berkeley Community College

Xu, Yilin - Cal State, Northridge

Yu, David - UC Irvine

”Yu,
“]
BIO COMING SOON

2014
Alas, Alejandra - University of California, Santa Barbara

Ambriz, Jose - Community College

Boone, I’iesha - Berkeley Community College

Cruz, Andrea - Community College

Dennis, Travis - Community College

Dorjee, Tashi - US Marine Corps

Esa, Elijah - Berkeley Community College

Galvez, Jennilyn - Berkeley Community College

Guerrero, Jacqueline - University of California, Santa Cruz

Habtai, Yonathan - Berkeley Community College

Jones, Trachon - Berkeley Community College

Maciel, Julia - Cal State, San Jose

Moscoso, Jonathan - Community College

Munoz, Adriana - Cal State, San Marcos

Nicolas, Andrea - University of California, Riverside

Phey, Lyheng - Cal Poly Pomona

Redae, Freweini - Cal State, San Francisco

Rodriguez, Jaziel - Community College

Sanchez, Jessica - Community College

Soloman, Zeben - Cal State, Humboldt

Smith, Lamont-

”Williams,
“]
BIO COMING SOON

2013
Caiwang, Danzeng

Dechen, Tenzin

Diaz, Josue

Guerrero, Antonio

Juanchi, Ulises

Hernandez, Christopher

Hort, Sienghuy

Huaman, Deysi

Hunter, Imanni

Jefferson, Monika

Jones, Cameron

Ledik, Padma

Miller, Jasmine

Nicolas, Gerardo

Nguille, Francois

Padilla, Lorena

Poyaoan, Jeannel

Phey, Lychou

Salgado, Julieth

Sangay, Tenzin

Sepulveda, Kamilo

Simpson, Jaquell

Spikes, Sioux

Tabraiz, Waleed

”Wei,
“]
BIO COMING SOON

2012
Abhulimen, Yvette

Abinsay, Marianna

Altamirano, Miguel

Andebrhan, Seghen

Burks, Isaiah

Chavez-Corona, Vanessa

Contreras, Alondra

Cortez, Abe

Espinoza, Celina

Flores, Hugo

Gilmore, Ariane

Habteab, Million

Harris, Shannon

Huaman, Sayun

Lhamo, Kalsang

Medina-Garcia, Neyde

Mendoza-Cordero, Alejandra

Moore-Thomas, Donntay

Nguyen, Alan

Nguyen, Vuong

Nyima, Tenzin

Okereke, Kelechi

Onu, Alice

Samad, Napolean

Thomas, Tiffany

Warren, William

Wei, Cindy

Wells, Unique

Past Graduates
COMING SOON