Category Announcement

OCA-NJ APA Heritage Essay Scholarship Graduation Celebration
Summary

OCA Advocates New Jersey Chapter held a virtual Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration on June 20th to present the Class of 2020 OCA-NJ Scholarship Awards. The event was postponed from the long planned Annual Luncheon that was originally scheduled for May 17th. This year's Essay Topic was designed to challenge each applicant to choose an APA topic that was important to them and to design a way to engage their peers to take action. As expected, the entries were competitive , but OCA-NJ's dedicated Scholarship Committee was able to select 6 recipients for this year's honors.

* The Robert E. Wone Memorial Scholarship $2,500
Francesca Fierro-Clifton High School attending Barnard College in the Fall

 * The Dr. Ferdinand J. Gajewski, Jr. Memorial Scholarship $2,000
Harvey Wang-Parsippany Hills High School attending Princeton University in the Fall

* The Linda Lee Memorial Scholarship $2,000
Skylar Lee-Montville Township High School attending University of Pittsburgh in the Fall

* The Edwin and Aurora Len Memorial Scholarship $1,000
Caitlin Crooker-Parsipanny High School attending Savannah College of Art & Design in the Fall

* The OCA-NJ Gold Scholarship $800
Dillon Shin-Wayne Valley High School attending Rutgers University in the Fall

* The Willie Lau Memorial Scholarship $500
Devin Shin-Wayne Valley High School attending Rutgers University in the Fall