eQuality Scholarship Collaborative

2026 eQuality Scholars

$6,000 scholarships awarded to students in northern and central California for their service to the LGBTQ+ community

High School Graduates

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Lily Agraan (he/she/they)
West Campus High School, Sacramento ->  UCLA
PG&E PrideNetwork Scholar

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Anonymous (he/she/they)
South Lake Tahoe High School -> Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
​PG&E PrideNetwork Scholar

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Adrian Chelal
Heritage High School, Antioch -> Cal Poly Humboldt
​Rasmussen-Barber Scholar

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Val Cortez (he)
Bishop O'Dowd High School, Oakland -> UC Berkeley
Hsu-Chambers Scholar

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Willow Coté (she/they)
Monterey High School -> Sarah Lawrence College
PG&E PrideNetwork  Scholar

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Arcus Foo
Homestead High School, Santa Clara -> University of Washington
PFLAG San Jose/Peninsula Scholar

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Emily Gorodetskiy
Lowell High School, San Francisco -> Vanderbilt University
PG&E PrideNetwork Scholar 

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Charlotte Goyne (she)
Bishop O'Dowd High School, Oakland -> UC San Diego
eQuality Scholar

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Anonymous (he)
PrideNetwork  Scholar

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Max Martinez (he/they)
Acalanes High School, Lafayette -> UC Berkeley
Dan Barber Memorial Scholar

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Kat Messner
Burlingame High School -> Florida State
PFLAG San Jose/Peninsula Scholar 

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Sway Moore
Alta Vista Alternative High School, Santa Barbara -> UC Berkeley
eQuality Scholar

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Hamsika Nittala (they)
Mountain House High School ->  UC Berkeley
PG&E George Kronenberger Memorial Scholar

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Kate Ozaeta (she)
St. Ignatius College Preparatory, San Mateo -> Davidson College
​PFLAG San Jose/Peninsual Scholar

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Jose Perez Paiz (he)
Coliseum College Prep Academy, Oakland -> UC Davis
​PFLAG San Jose/Peninsula Scholar

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Kai Ramirez (he/she/they)
Lemoore Middle College High School -> UC Santa Barbara
PG&E PrideNetwork Scholar

Community College Transfer Students

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Michael Berlin (they)
Cabrillo College -> UC Berkeley
PFLAG San Jose/Peninsula Scholar

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Diego Guerrero
Mission/West Valley Colleges, San Jose -> UC Santa Barbara
PFLAG/Crocker & Jolly LGBTQ Achievement Scholar

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Sam Jenner (they)
Columbia Community College, Sonora -> UC Santa Cruz
Rasmussen-Barber Scholar