Past Scholarship Winners
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