Introducing the Foundation’s
Ella Fitzgerald
Memorial Scholars
2021 Recipients Fall Semester
JIMMY HERNANDEZ
LOS ANGELES, CA
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES
MAJOR: BUSINESS
MENTORS/ADVISORS: PATTY GASTELUM AND CASSANDRA AMEZQUITA
CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
KANSAS CITY, KS
KANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
MAJOR: MUSIC
MENTORS/ADVISORS: PROF. JUSTIN BINEK
2020 Recipients Fall Semester
SAMARA JOY MCLENDON
BRONX, NY
PURCHASE COLLEGE, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
MAJOR: JAZZ VOICE
MENTORS/ADVISORS: PROF. PETE MALIVERNI AND ALEXIS COLE
YANCY GARCIA
BROOKLYN, NY
PURCHASE COLLEGE, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
MAJOR: JAZZ VOICE
MENTORS/ADVISORS: PROF. PETE MALIVERNI AND ALEXIS COLE
BRANDON SEAFORTH
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, AN HISTORIC HBCU IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
MAJOR: JAZZ VOICE
MENTORS/ADVISORS: PROF. LENORA HELM HAMMONDS, VOCAL JAZZ
JAWAN DAVIDSON
BRONX, NY
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, AN HISTORIC HBCU IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
MAJOR: JAZZ STUDIES
MENTORS/ADVISORS: PROF. LENORA HELM HAMMONDS, VOCAL JAZZ
JANE CHUN
LOS ANGELES, CA
LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE ESTABLISHED IN 1929 IN THE HISTORIC EAST HOLLYWOOD SECTION OF L.A
MAJOR: NURSING
MENTORS/ADVISORS: ROBERT SCHWARTZ, ED
ORGANIZATION: THE LACC FOUNDATION
KRYSTAL ELENA
LOS ANGELES, CA
THE EL NIDO FAMILY CENTERS GREATER LOS ANGELES
KRYSTAL BEGAN AT L.A. PIERCE COLLEGE AND IS NOW STUDYING AT U.C. RIVERSIDE
MENTORS/ADVISORS: RICHARD DORAN
JIMMY HERNANDEZ
LOS ANGELES, CA
SALVATION ARMY RED SHIELD YOUTH CENTER IN L.A.’S HISTORIC PICO-UNION NEIGHBORHOOD
MAJOR: JAZZ VOICE
MENTORS/ADVISORS: PATTY AND CASSANDRA AT RED SHIELD
JERMAINE PAUL
LOS ANGELES, CA
CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE
MAJOR: JAZZ BASS
SCHOLARSHIP COORDINATOR: MICHAEL RYAN, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AT THE MIKE CURB COLLEGE
J. HUNTER LAMAR
LOS ANGELES, CA
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE
MAJOR: JAZZ
MENTOR: PROF. ANDREA CALDERWOOD (A FORMER EF SCHOLAR!)