2015 Chair’s Discretionary Fund Award Recipient Biography: Raul Fonseca is a fourth year majoring in Economics with a Minor in Film. He is a first generation college student of Mexican descent. At UCLA, Raul has had the amazing opportunity to learn many things through coursework, internships and extracurricular activities. His favorite part of UCLA, though, […]
2015 The Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Scholarship Recipient Biography: Dhanawat Darakananda is a fourth-year Business Economics and Financial Actuarial Mathematics double major, with a Minor in Accounting. He is pursuing both College Honors and the Economics Departmental Honors Program, as part of which he is writing his Honors thesis on developmental economics and human capital […]
2016 Patricia and Harry L. Bruce Endowed Scholarship Recipient Biography: Tony Wu is a senior Business Economics student. When he was 16, he moved to the U.S. from Hong Kong and attended Pasadena City College before transferring to UCLA. He is very grateful for the Economics and Management courses offered at UCLA – especially the […]
2016 Venu and Ana Kotamraju Scholarship Recipient Biography: Angelyn is a third year economics major with a minor in public affairs. She is passionate about economic research, particularly in research that can be used to inform public policy. She is currently working as a research assistant for Dr. Adriana Lleras-Muney, and has previously worked as […]
2016 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Recipient Biography: Lily Pham is a fourth-year Business Economics major with a minor in Accounting. Serving her community through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) at UCLA led her to pursuing a career in tax as a public accountant. She is very passionate about […]
2016 Lawrence and Joan E. Henderson Fund Recipient Biography: Anika Patel is a third-year Business Economics major and will be graduating a year early. She is involved in the leadership of several organizations on campus including ALPFA, Edubase, Project RISHI, and Bruin Shelter. Her involvement has refined her leadership and communication skills, while allowing her […]
2016 Donald Edward Bragg & Diane Sims Bragg Scholarship Recipient Biography: Stephen Mendoza was born in Santa Ana, California and is of Mexican descent, a trait that he takes great pride in. Since high school, Stephen has enjoyed studying economic theory, evaluating business plans, and reading autobiographies of successful business leaders. Throughout academia, Stephen’s favorite […]
2016 Donald Edward Bragg & Diane Sims Bragg Scholarship Recipient Biography: Jamika is a third year Business Economics student who grew up on the Central Coast of California. With a passion for entrepreneurship and working with businesses since a young age, she applied to UCLA as a Pre-Business Economics major and went on to be […]
2016 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Recipient Biography: Lizzie (Yuting) is a fourth year Business Economics student with minors in Accounting and Russian Language. Lizzie started fathoming into accounting during her sophomore year, and decided that she would like to become a tax professional. Lizzie has been heavily involved […]
2016 Harold R. Mortenson Endowed Scholarship Fund Recipient Biography: Jiahua Li is junior at UCLA with a major in Business Economics and a minor in Mathematics. She was born in China and raised in Markham, a city just north of Toronto, in Canada. She moved to the United States in 2014 to attend UCLA. Throughout […]
