The Future Fund Scholarship

Congratulations to the 2008 Future Fund Scholarship Winners: Carolyn Hou, Julie Liao, Su Ping Mai, and Ashley Rogers!!

Helping to create educational equity and as part of our Leadership Development program, Oasis began distributing the Future Fund Scholarships in 2001 to contribute to the educational advancement of young women. Three $1,000 scholarships are awarded annually.

2008 marks an exceptional year, however, in that we are able to offer $5,000 in scholarships to motivated young women thanks to the generous support from Spark (http://sparksf.org/) whose mission is to build a community of young, global citizens who are invested in changing patterns of inequality that impact women throughout the world.

In addition to the scholarships we offer below, come by to check out our Scholarship Binder to see what other kinds of funding are available to you!

2008 Applications are due at Oasis by Friday, April 25, 2007 at 5pm. Please call our office at 415-701-7991 for questions regarding the application. Thank you for your interest and good luck. Download application

Our 2007 Scholarship Winners:

$1000 Future Fund – for educational equity

Ebony Dortch

• Grew up in the Western Addition and is a graduate of St. Ignatius High School where she served as Co-President of the Association of African American Students.
• Starting Fall ’07 freshman year at St. Louis University, Missouri to pursue a Psychology degree.
• Plans to have her own private psychologist practice specializing in serving teens and young women.

Sue Mei Mai

• An immigrant from China, Sue Mei was accepted into her two top college choices: UC Davis and UC San Diego and will be attending the latter in Fall 2007.
• One of the key artists to paint the “Fists of Fury” Clarion Alley Mural in 2005.
• Plans to pursue a Masters degree and learn different languages.

Tham Thi Pham

• Daughter of immigrants from Vietnam, Tham, who goes by Cindy, is a graduate of Galileo Academy of Science & Technology and grew up in the Tenderloin.
• Starting Fall 2007 freshman year at UC Santa Cruz and will be living in the dorms.
• Plans to take Women’s Studies courses and stay connected with her mentor at Oasis.

2006 Scholarship Winners:

$1000 Future Fund – for educational equity

Jia Yu Liang

• An immigrant from China, Jia Yu who goes by Annie is a graduate of Mission High School.
• Fall ’06 freshman year at University of California, San Diego.
• She will be studying medicine and pharmacy.

Jasmin Hossain

• An immigrant from Bangladesh, Jasmin is a graduate of George Washington High School.
• Fall ’06 freshman year at San Francisco State University
• Her short-term goal is to obtain a BS in Biology. Her long term goal is become a doctor that serves poor women and children in third world countries.

Yu Pei Jin

• An immigrant from China, Yu Pei who goes by Alicia is a graduate of Mission High School.
• Fall ’06 freshman year at University of California, Irvine.
• She wants to become a health care provider.

$500 Mrs. Katherine Flowers Reid Scholarship for the Arts

Yan Jun Zhu

• Yan Jun who also goes by Serena is a high school student at Lowell High.
• She is using her scholarship money to participate in the summer 2006 Build San Francisco Institute.
• Her long-term goal is to become an architect.

2005 Scholarship Winners:

$1000 Future Fund – for educational equity

Amani Almahbashi

• An immigrant from Yemen, Amani is a graduate of George Washington High School in San Francisco.
• Fall '05 freshman year at San Francisco State University
• Her long term goal is to attend medical school and become a dentist and her short term goal is to visit her home country of Yemen as soon as possible.

Nilda Mae Factor

• An immigrant from the Philippines, Nilda Mae is a graduate of International Studies Academy in SF.
• Goals include helping children in need either by teaching or providing accessible health care and having a family of her own.

Almaz Nigusse

• An immigrant from Eritrea, East Africa, Almaz is a graduate of Balboa High School in San Francisco.
• freshman year at Sonoma State University
• Goals include transferring to George Washington University or New York University in preparation for medical school in order to become a pediatrician in communities that need her help. In particular, she dreams of opening a clinic in a third world country.

$500 Mrs. Katherine Flowers Reid Scholarship for the Arts

Nancy Salcedo

• A mixed-race, Philipino/African-American/Caucasian Californian, Nancy, is a graduate of John O’Connel High School in San Francisco.
• Currently attending San Francisco State University
• Nancy has a desire to learn more visual arts skills in drawing and painting in order to explore her dream of fashion design. She is also in love with music and wishes to take piano lessons in order to live a well-rounded artful life.

$100 Future Fund Honorable Mentions

Yeni Chen who will attend her freshman year in Fall 05 at University of California, Davis.

Vicki Deng who will attend her freshman year in Fall 05 at San Francisco State University.