On Saturday night at the Woodland Community and Senior Center, the Yolo County Concilio celebrated its 30th anniversary giving out awards to community members and leaders and scholarships to 14 local area high school students. (Please note due to a scheduling conflict, Delta High School Students were not at the event to receive their award).
Davis High School Student Sophia HernandezDavis High School Student Daniel Dyer-DiazYolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig receives Elected Official Award
Amagda Perez received the Pilar Andrade AwardPioneer High School Student Liliana Carolina JuarezPioneer High School Student Jose ArandaJann Murray Garcia awarded Tansey Thomas with the Lifetime Achievement AwardTansey Thomas receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Agripina Vargas receives Senior Citizen Award
Congressman John GaramendiCongressman John Garamendi with Rick Gonzales Jr.Winters High School Student Isabel AngelWinters High School Student Vic MaldonadoCommunity Award winner Josie EnriquezCommunity Award winner Barb BoehlerEsparto High School student Rachel Pina-PinonEsparto High School student Cesar Bermudez
Education Award winner Hortencia PhiferEducation Award winner Johnathon Brunson
River City High student Yasmin RabagoRiver City High winner Eric Arauza
Lifetime Achievement Award winner Isao Fujimoto
Woodland High student Andrea RamirezWoodland High student Josue Pimental
Rick Gonzales Jr. was the recipient of the Rick Gonzales Sr. Award
Greenwald is the founder, editor, and executive director of the Davis Vanguard. He founded the Vanguard in 2006. David Greenwald moved to Davis in 1996 to attend Graduate School at UC Davis in Political Science. He lives in South Davis with his wife Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald and three children.
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