Education

Class of 2022 Graduates Celebrate $842,500 in CFEF Scholarships

August 11 2022

More than 140 Cypress-Fairbanks ISD graduates celebrated earning scholarships valued at $842,500 at the Cy-Fair Educational Foundation (CFEF) 2022 Scholarship Reception on Aug. 2 at the Berry Center.

The CFEF, which has awarded more than $11.5 million in scholarships to more than 2,300 CFISD graduates since its inception in 1970, welcomed families of the 142 recipients to the annual event.

Cy-Fair High School graduate Rebecca Morrison received the Kevin Borgfeldt scholarship, with which she has a personal connection. Borgfeldt was a drum major for the University of Houston’s Spirit of Houston band during Morrison’s parents’ freshman year of college. Borgfeldt was also a Cy-Fair High School band director.

Cy-Fair High School graduate Rebecca Morrison, left, poses with her parents, Dena and John Morrison, at

the CFEF Scholarship Reception, held Aug. 2 at the Berry Center. Morrison received the Kevin Borgfeldt

scholarship, which holds a special, personal connection to her. Borgfeldt was a former Cy-Fair High

School band director and was a drum major at The University of Houston when Morrison’s parents

were freshman band members.

“It’s really special to receive this scholarship,” Morrison said. “When I was applying for scholarships, I saw Mr. Borgfeldt’s name and mentioned it to my parents, and it all clicked for me since I’ve heard about him before. It’s a full-circle moment for sure.”

Heather Bolton, who works as a crude reliability lead for ExxonMobil and is a Cypress Falls High School graduate, offered the keynote address. Bolton is also a past CFEF scholarship recipient and together with her husband, has funded a Bronze Endowed Scholarship.

Heather Bolton, Cypress Falls High School alumna and past CFEF scholarship recipient, delivers the

keynote address at the 2022 CFEF Scholarship Reception, held Aug. 2 at the Berry Center.

“It’s an honor to be invited back and talk to this year’s scholarship recipients,” Bolton said. “The scholarship I received from the CFEF gave me the flexibility to explore my freshman year of college since I didn’t have to worry about paying for that year. I was able to take classes outside of my major which helped me realize what I wanted to do.”

The event allowed donors and mentors to meet with scholarship recipients, putting a face with the name on each side and helping start mentor-mentee relationships.

“Congratulations to our 2022 scholarship recipients,” said Mark McShaffry, CFEF chairman. “It’s an honor to celebrate their accomplishments and the incredible generosity of our endowment donors and foundation sponsors. The future holds many new and exciting experiences for our recipients. We wish them well as they embark on their next journey.”

Cypress Springs High School graduates, from left, Alina Salinas, Angel Torres and Mayela Alvarado, pose

for a photo at the 2022 CFEF Scholarship Reception, held Aug. 2 at the Berry Center. This year’s reception

celebrated 142 recipients, who share $842,500 in scholarship awards.

The following students earned CFEF scholarships:

Melissa Abrego	Winnibert Agharih
Mayela Alvarado	Ron Andrei Eligio
Jacobo Arango	Jade Auriemma
Mahum Baloch	Jacquelin Barboza
Vanessa Barrera	Miriam Becerra Padilla
Yaszmen Belton	Ria Bhatia
Madison Blevins	Aline Boutros
Matheo Bryce Vega	Courtney Bui
Dahlia Canales	Genevieve Casten
Lexi Chau	Arthur Chung
Adrienne Countryman	Angelina Dang
Elizabeth Dao	Hussein Darugar
Carlos Davila	Alize De Los Santos
Leah DeMeritt	Mahliya Dolan
Ainsley Duncan	Victoria Duran
Shea Ellis	Austin Fang
Austin Gabino	Dennis Gao
Adriana Garcia	Sara Garza
Carol Gerges	Jocelyn Guerra-Trujillo
Karla Gutierrez	Maria Gutierrez
Crystal Gutierrez Diaz	Richard (Trip) Hardy, III
Andrew Hurbanis	Hebba Hussein
Daniela Iraheta	Ruthvik Jonna
Miriam Juarez	Diya Kaur
Mysha Kazim	Camryn Kelly
Kaelin Kisack	Beatrix Lamadine
Jessica Lan-Anh	Muhammed Lat
Kathleen Le	Alaya Lee
Chen-Yang Liu	Tiffany Lomax
Gabriela Lopez	Joseph Lopez
Nicolas Lopez	Carolina Lopez Santos
Noor Loubani	Stephanie Loza
Abbas Madhwala	Alexandra Mamasis
Malyn Martinson	Lillian Mathis
Khaliyah McBride	Daniel McIver
Karli McMillin	Kayla Mendoza
Addison Mims	Logan Moehle
Cynthia Monarrez	Tina Moreno
Rebecca Morrison	Marek Mouton
Jennifer Muniz	Cameron Murdoch
Casey Nguyen	Christina Nguyen
Dawn Nguyen	Hien Nguyen
Jacqueline Nguyen	Jess Nguyen
Nancy Nguyen	Daniel Pang
Alayna Parlevliet	Amy Pasha
Maria Pham	Tim Pham
Khadija Qamar	Amsha Rehan
Marie Reynosa	Joshua Richards
Brendan Roberts	Rodrick Robinson
Daisy Rocha	Amanda Rocio
Fatima Rodriguez	Isaiah Romero
Diljot Saini	Sara Sakai
Sara Sakai	Alina Salinas
Neel Sampangirama	Clarissa Sandoval
Fady Seha	Ahmer Shaikh
Hayden Shaw	Dylan Shipp
William Simmons	Gurpreet Singh
Tamima Tahsin	Kevin Taing
Abril Tenorio	Vantheoun Thong
Abigail Tjandra	Liliana Toledo
Angel Torres	Myla Tracey
Andrew Tran	Tyler Tran
Emily Trinh	Christabel Ugwuoke
Kendall Underwood	Daniel Uribe
Diego Valenzuela	Hope Vanderburg
Sofia Vargas	Vivica Vasquez
Angeles Villatoro	Alexander Vo
Cameryn Ward	Manal Waseem
Bailey White	William White
Gabriela Williams	Evan Woodward
Isabella Yancey	Juan Zapon, Jr.
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