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Ag Health Benefits Alliance Awards $48,000 in Scholarships

Scholarship Program Supports Agricultural Workers & Their Families

Napa Valley, July 16, 2024 — Ag Health Benefits Alliance (AHBA) is pleased to announce it has awarded $48,000 in grants to this year’s recipients of its scholarship program, the AHBA Educational Foundation, LLC. The program offers scholarship grant opportunities for AHBA Member Employers’ eligible employee plan participants, their spouses, and children or grandchildren.

In the five short years since its formation, the AHBA Educational Foundation has awarded over $180,000 in scholarships to almost 60 applicants. Michael Wolf, an AHBA board member and founder, says “When we started this program, I really didn’t have a full understanding of the impact that we could have. Seeing the caliber of young people coming from our agricultural community and being able to help them achieve their educational goals is more gratifying than I could have imagined. What’s even better is that it feels like this journey is just beginning.”

This year’s award winners are:

Berenize Marcelo Amezcua

UC Santa Cruz

Education/Justice

Jazmin Ortiz Ayala

Solano Community College

Business Admin, Human Resources

Arleth Bautista Bernal

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Cal Poly

Plant Science

Ana Cisneros

UC Davis

Psychology/Chicano Studies

Cooper Dodd

Napa Valley College

Pilot, Astronaut

Cristian Flores

Sonoma State

Psychology

Diego Guerrero

Sacramento State

Mechanical Engineer

Ariatna Navarrete Gonzalez

UC Berkeley

Integrative Biology

Vanessa Guzman

Sacramento State

Psychology

Lizbeth Hernandez

Clark University

Business

Lyzet Montanez Hurtado

Stanford University

Political Science

Linda Maciel Nunez

Sonoma State

English

Justice Penterman

UC Berkeley

Chemical Biology

Jasmin Miranda Perez

Napa Valley College

Nursing

Jacqueline Ramirez

Napa Valley College

Biology

Breanna Tyler

Santa Rosa Junior College

Graphic Arts

Andrea Villasenor

UC Davis

Viticulture & Enology

“Congratulations to this year’s awardees!” says Foundation President, Rebecca Barlow. “We are especially pleased to grant second-year awards to Arleth, Cristian, Diego and Lizbeth. It is exciting to follow their progress and see them achieve their educational goals. This is the largest number of grants we have awarded in any year to date—the future is bright!”

About Ag Health Benefits Alliance

Ag Health Benefits Alliance (AHBA) has been providing affordable health insurance and other benefits to agricultural employees in Northern California since its founding as the California Winegrower Foundation in 1972. Started by a group of forward-thinking winegrape growers who shared a common goal of improving working conditions, AHBA is a non-profit member organization that supports both employers and employees. AHBA’s members were dedicated to providing health benefits for employees, including seasonal workers, long before required by law. Today, AHBA provides those benefits to more than 1,500 agricultural employees.

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