The Barth Rotary Scholarship winners, given to a girl and boy just-graduated from either/both of San Marino and Southwestern, were announced at last Thursday’s Rotary luncheon. They are Richelle Chow from Southwestern Academy, and Ethan Wang from San Marino High. Each will use the $2,500 scholarship funds to help support their further education.
Richelle was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, moving to California to attend high school. As a junior at Southwestern, she participated in the Rotary 4-Way Test Speech contest, (speaking about gender stereotypes as being a significant influence in her upbringing), and volunteered as coach in a non-profit Girls on the Run Los Angeles. There, she was able to empower young girls as well as finding her passion of working with children.
She became president of the Interact Club her senior year. Richelle plans to attend George Washington University, in Washington D.C. and to major in psychology with hopes of pursuing child psychology, wanting to spread the awareness of mental disability back home.
Ethan Wang is headed to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in the fall, to major in public health. He received the Woodrow Wilson fellowship for a research project to facilitate early detection of cognitive decline and dysfunction using mobile technology in nearby Baltimore neighborhoods.
Over quarantine, he worked on a project with his sister, Serena Wang, and a group of students called “CovidSMS”. It is a texting platform that provides local COVID-19 information and updates. He was a four-year member of the Interact Club which ignited his drive to help his community
Ethan Wang is headed to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in the fall, to major in public health. He received the Woodrow Wilson fellowship for a research project to facilitate early detection of cognitive decline and dysfunction using mobile technology in nearby Baltimore neighborhoods.
Over quarantine, he worked on a project with his sister, Serena Wang, and a group of students called “CovidSMS”. It is a texting platform that provides local COVID-19 information and updates. He was a four-year member of the Interact Club which ignited his drive to help his community
Gilda Moshir, Barth Rotary Scholarship chair and her committee considered eight deserving students. This is the second year awards were awarded.
The Barth Rotary Scholarship Endowment is in recognition of Andy Barth’s long history of donations to Rotary Charities. The corpus was formed from a donation from Barth, a major donation from another San Marino Rotarian, a transfer of money donated to a local 503(c)3 whose project was cancelled, plus other smaller donations.
