Student Legacy Awards 2021
The Highline College Student Legacy Awards is an annual campus celebration to applaud student contributions for both academic achievement and campus involvement.
The 2021 Student Legacy Awards was presented in a virtual format in several videos. Below we have listed each video and the award winners being recognized in the video. You can also view all the videos in a playlist below and on YouTube. The winners are also listed in the program, and a printed version of the program was sent to all award recipients.
Video 1: Introductions
Our Chancellor of Cheers, Kayla Pezolano, introduces this year’s Student Legacy Awards, along with a welcome message from Associate Dean of Student Life Iesha Valencia.
Video 2: Legacy Scholar Awards, part 1
In this segment, we present the Legacy Scholar Awards for:
- Achieve: Jensen Chen
- Business Department: Ta’Zauhna’ K. Chase and Joan F. Maina
- Business Technology Department: Juli Hammond and Stephanie Pena
- Communication Studies: Ellie Wagner
- Computer Science: Richard Nguyen and Leenaben Pagdar
Video 3: Legacy Scholar Awards, part 2
In this segment, we present the Legacy Scholar Awards for:
- English: Sierra Nicole Farmer
- Global Programs: Ericka Felicitas and Michika Fukumori
- Hospitality & Tourism Management: Mohammed Alogaidi
- Journalism: Jonah Mizrahi and Samuel Watson
- Respiratory Care Department: Hang Thai
We also present the Legacy Leader award for the Thunderword to Isabella Anderson and Mario Vidal.
Video 4: Legacy Leader Awards, part 1
In this segment, we present the Legacy Leader Awards for:
- AANAPISI: Marissah Bañuelos
- Achieve: Patrick Pugh
- Achieve Peer Navigators: Zahraa Obuli
- Active Minds: Lelania Youridise Rodda
- American Sign Language Club: Amaryah (AJ) Johnson
- Arabic Club: Yamamah Abdulhameed and Sereen Alhaj
Video 5: Legacy Leader Awards, part 2
In this segment, we present the Legacy Leader Awards for:
- Associated Students of Highline College: Hector Pina and Jarmaine Santos
- Career Services: Zebaakhtar Ghanchi
- Center of Excellence for Global Trade & Supply Chain Management: Jasen Meyers
- Comedy Club: Dakota Evans and Dean Winegar
- Community Budget Coordinator: Samantha Sebring
Video 6: Legacy Leader Awards, part 3
In this segment, we present the Legacy Leader Awards for:
- Community Leadership Consultant: Randa Alane and Jehnoah M. Wingo
- Community Resource Consultant: Thy Mai Ngo
- Cru: Edith Hughes and Faith Wilson
- Cyber Competition Club: Meghan Koester
- Disney Movie Club: Paul Fernando King-Sanchez and Mercedes Traeger
Video 7: Legacy Leader Awards, part 4
In this segment, we present the Legacy Leader Awards for:
- Global Student Ambassadors: Anita Wambui
- Highline College Paralegal Association: Analyn Narciso Unpingco and Sarah Beth Wood
- Hospitality & Tourism Management: Margaret M. Annoh
- Inter-Cultural Center Peer Facilitator: Alona Ishchenko
- Marketing Outreach Design: Seini Vuli
- PHATT Club (Physicists of Highline – Association of Thinkers & Tinkerers): Lillian Tran
Video 8: Legacy Leader Awards, part 5
In this segment, we present the Legacy Leader Awards for:
- Respiratory Care: Hailey Elaine Kramlich
- Service and Mentorship Engagement Consultants: Autumn Simpson
- Transition Success Center: Heydie Martinez
- TRIO Student Support Services: Sabir Khan Ghafoori and Fidelia Hernandez Guzman
- Video Anything Club: Vincent Cuanan and Joseph Plummer
Video 9: Final Awards
In this segment, we recognize the Student Leaders of the Month from throughout the academic year and present the CLS and CCIE Student of the Year to Tessa L. Hunt and Kayla Pezolano and Highline College Student Employee of the Year to Heydie Martinez, followed by closing remarks from Aaron Reader, Vice President of Student Services.
View the entire Student Legacy Awards ceremony on YouTube and below:
Special Acknowledgements
We’d like to thank all our presenters for recording the video presentations. Thank you as well to Kayla Pezolano, who served as our Chancellor of Cheers; to Associate Dean for Student Life Iesha Valencia for providing a welcome message; and to Vice President of Student Services Aaron Reader for providing closing remarks.
Additional thanks to our MOD graphic designer Noah Lindborg for your beautiful designs and the entire CLS and CCIE professional and student staff teams. A huge thank you for logistical support from the Purchasing department, Print Shop, Public Health, Public Safety, and Conference Services in support of our safe drive-thru award pick-up and to Mail Services for helping us to mail awards to student recipients who missed the in-person pick-up.