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Past BCHA Scholarship Recipients

Please see below for information on past BCH Ambassadors (BCHA) scholarship program recipients.

2024 BCHA scholarship recipients

The 2024 BCH Ambassadors scholarship program is pleased to announce the names of 21 recipients who received a total of $59,000.

High School Recipients:

Abigal Bensler (Monarch HS), Alyssa Haralson (Monarch HS), Eleanor Shanahan (Monarch HS), Ethan Turner (Mead HS), Jacob Swickhamer (Monarch HS), Hannah Nguyen (Broomfield HS), Sofia Kidd (Niwot HS), Teaghan Hartman (Nederland HS) and Zephyr (Maile) Moneymaker (New Vista HS)

BCH Employees:

Desiree Supon, Ingrid Ramirez, Lisa Xiong, Miranda Carillo, Rita Ceballo, Sandy Housholder, Sarah Trigg, Steven Thornbill, and Teresa Ortiz

Former Recipient/Non Employees:

Avery Richardson, Paris Kiehl, and Ronan Gibson

The Scholarship committee was also honored to select the following individuals to receive the 3 BCH Foundation special endowment awards.

Pat Shoemaker Award - Teresa Ortiz

Ron Secrist Award - Desiree Supon

Jane Watlington Meyers Smith Award -Rita Ceballo

2023 BCHA scholarship recipients

The BCH Ambassadors are once again proud to announce the names of the 18 recipients of our 2023 human health care scholarship awards. We are pleased to award a total of $48,000 this year.

High School Recipients:

Ronan Gibson (Broomfield HS)

Matthew Kidd (Niwot HS)

Avery Richardson (Monarch HS)

BCH Employees:

Sheryl Allen, Miranda Carillo, Kate Hamzi, Rita Hunt-Woodland, Jessica Klaus, Jeanette Le, Chante Martinez, Ingrid Ramirez, Candace Sneed, Desiree Supon, Sarah Trigg, and Lisa Xiong

Former Recipient/Non Employees:

Nick Daily, Brinna DeHerrera, and Paris Kiehl

In addition, the committee was privileged to select and award four special BCH Foundation Endowment awards:

  • Betty Lue Hill Award: Candace Sneed
  • Pat Shoemaker Award: Avery Richardson
  • Ron Secrist Award: Jeanetta Le
  • Jane Watlington Meyers Smith Award: Ingrid Ramirez

2022 BCHA Scholarship recipients

BCH Ambassadors were proud to announce the names of the 13 recipients of the 2022 awards. Each recipient was either beginning or furthering their human health care education. We were privileged to award a total of $44,000 to these outstanding individuals.

  • BCH Employees: Miranda Carrillo, Brianna DeHerrera, Johnna Foster, Katherine Golde, Kate Hamzi, Jessica Klaus, Lyndsay Lev, Kassie Marquiss, Joshua Rubinsky, and Sarah Trigg.
  • Former Recipients/Non Employees: Nick Dailey, Paris Kiehl and Cameron Sprenger.

The committee was also honored to select the following individuals to receive the four BCH Foundation special endowments:

  • Sarah Trigg (Betty Lue Hill Endowment)
  • Johnna Foster (Pat Shoemaker Endowment)
  • Miranda Carrillo (Ron Secrist Endowment)
  • Joshua Rubinsky (Jane Watlington Meyer Smith Endowment)

2021 BCHA Scholarship recipients

BCH Ambassadors are excited to announce the recipients of our 2021 BCH Ambassadors Scholarship. Eleven qualified individuals, each beginning or continuing their human healthcare education, were selected.

High school senior Paris Kiehl (Peak to Peak); BCH Employees: Louis Bodin, Grace Franz, Kate Hamzi, Elizabeth Haselwood, Kassie Marquiss, Morgan Martin; Former Recipients: Nicolas Dailey, Cristina Lau, Breegan McClish, and Cameron Sprenger.

In addition, the BCH Scholarship Committee was honored to select four deserving individuals for the following special BCH Foundation Awards.

  • Betty Lu Hill Scholarship Award: Kate Hamzi
  • Pat Shoemaker Scholarship Award: Louis Bodin
  • Ron Secrist Leadership Scholarship: Grace Franz
  • Jane Watlington Meyer Smith Scholarship Award: Kassie Marquiss

Special comments from former scholarship recipients

“As an employee of BCH, I was thrilled to qualify and receive BCHA scholarships that enabled me to complete my MSN and MHA degrees. Immediately after graduating, I applied for a BCH Director’s position and received the promotion. My school loans are not as high as they would have been without the generosity of the Ambassadors. Thank you for supporting my career goals at Boulder Community Health.” - Kristine Mickens, MSN/MHA, RN, CNOR, CSSM Director of Nursing, Perioperative Services.

“I am a previous recipient of your scholarships to help fund my undergraduate education. After receiving my undergraduate degree in Integrative Physiology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and working at Boulder Community Health, I was accepted into a graduate program at Arcadia University. I graduated with a master in medical science, physician assistant studies, and a master in public health. In addition, I received a public health scholarship, served as the president of my physician assistant class, and received the Program Director’s award for professionalism while in the program at Arcadia. While at Arcadia, I was also able to travel to Nicaragua on a medical mission trip through Global Brigades, and spend a month practicing medicine in South Africa. I have accepted a position as a hospitalist physician assistant at St. Luke’s hospital group in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The scholarship through Boulder Community Health allowed me to achieve this longstanding goal of mine by helping to fund my education. I am so grateful to have worked with Boulder Community Health in many capacities throughout my career. I hope to eventually give back all the help I received throughout my education!” - Zoe Johnson, MMS-PA, MPH