If you have any questions, please contact our Laura Vasquez, Scholarship Chair: at LVasquez@chla.usc.edu
Survivors
Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarships
Eric-Stig Engblom Memorial Survivor Scholarship
In memory of Eric-Stig Engblom, SCAPHON, together with Eric’s family, offers this scholarship to a childhood cancer survivor.
Denisse Heard Survivor Scholarship
In honor of Denisse Heard, SCAPHON offers this scholarship to a childhood cancer survivor.
Gloria Velasquez Memorial Survivor Scholarship
In memory of Gloria Velasquez, SCAPHON, together, with Loma Linda University Medical Center, offers this award to a childhood cancer survivor.
Amy Nishimura Memorial Survivor Scholarship
In memory of Amy Nishimura, SCAPHON, together with Amy’s family, nursing colleagues and friends at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, offers this award to a childhood cancer survivor.
Fight to Victory SCAPHON Scholarship
This scholarship is made on behalf of Reece who was diagnosed at age 19 with osteosarcoma. Reece continues to fight his cancer with the support of his family, friends and community. He is paying it forward by funding one of SCAPHON’s academic college scholarships. Reece is fighting to victory and would like others to do the same.
2024
- Xiaoyu Yang - Denisse Heard Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Antony Allen Alvarado - Gloria Velasquez Memorial Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Sophia Carter - Fight to Victory Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Danielle Holtz - Eric-Stig Engblom Memorial Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Ryan Pun - The SCAPHON Childhood Hematology Survivor Scholarship
- Judah Robinson - Shawna Esarey Memorial Scholarship
2023
- Isiuwa Aimiuwu - Denisse Heard Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Nitya Chawla - Gloria Velasquez Memorial Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Tara Borders - Fight to Victory Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Jack Hagemeister - Eric-Stig Engblom Memorial Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Nichole Cvitanovich - Shawna Esarey Memorial Scholarship
2022
- Jasmine Bobadilla - Denisse Heard Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Maryann Shama - Gloria Velasquez Memorial Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Ethan Sandoval - Fight to Victory Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Andrea Ramirez Rincon - Eric-Stig Engblom Memorial Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Mohammed Majrashi - The SCAPHON Childhood Hematology Survivor Scholarship
- Alexis Harris and Evan Milnes - Shawna Esarey Memorial Scholarship
2021
- Anya Shah - Denisse Heard Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Lily Garcia - Gloria Velasquez Memorial Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Ben Elias Krueger - Fight to Victory Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Jazmine Gomez Morales - Eric-Stig Engblom Memorial Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Daniela Barker, Jordynn Lassiter - The SCAPHON Childhood Hematology Survivor Scholarship
2020
- Andrew Panosian - Denisse Heard Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Lisa Lopez - Gloria Velasquez Memorial Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Veronica Larson - Fight to Victory Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Giselle Padilla - Eric-Stig Engblom Memorial Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship
- Angela Prince - The SCAPHON Childhood Hematology Survivor Scholarship
Funding for SCAPHON’s Scholarship and Awards Programs is made possible through the efforts of board members, the APHON/SCAPHON and general membership, and the generous financial support of our raffle sponsors and other donators.