Celebrating the 2011 Koshland Young Leaders

The San Francisco Foundation honored the 2011 Koshland Young Leaders Awardees on June 2nd, celebrating eight college-bound San Francisco public high school juniors who are strongly motivated to achieve. These young leaders embrace their goals in the face of challenging responsibilities – such as being their family wage earner, caretaker, or household manager. They each receive a $7,000 award for educational expenses to encourage and support them as they continue on their path of making truly meaningful change in their neighborhoods and communities. We celebrate not only the accomplishments of these young leaders, but also the great hope they give us for the future.

This year’s winners are Makda Beyene, Maria Figueroa, and Christopher Quinteros of Mission High School; Antonio Cruz of Ruth Asawa School of the Arts; Daynelita Dulalas of Metropolitan Arts and Technology High School; Sintia Henriquez and Dina Lemus of June Jordan School for Equity; and Huimin Yang of Balboa High School.

The Koshland Young Leaders Award were established in 1982 by Dr. Daniel Koshland, Jr. Due to the generosity and commitment of the Koshland family, the Foundation has granted these awards to outstanding and deserving San Francisco Public High School students with the hope that the Awards will allow them to focus more on their studies, thereby improving their chances to succeed academically and to pursue their career goals.

For more information about the awards, visit our Koshland Young Leader Awards page.

Click here for the photo gallery from the celebration.