The Pacific Dental Services (PDS) Foundation recently awarded 17 students from eight states a total of $70,000 as part of the Fall 2022 Dr. Carolyn Ghazal Dental Assistant Scholarship.
The educational scholarship provides dental assistant students with need-based financial aid, mentorship, and on-the-job training. Scholarships are awarded on a quarterly basis to students to help cover tuition expenses.
Scholarship recipients include the following students:
- Oscar Buenrostro, Starkesha Clark, and Jorge Mata of Concorde Career College
- Maybeth Fagan of Trident Technical College
- Emily Lynch of Hennepin Tech
- Jacqueline Machuca of Arizona College
- Ji Woo Moon of Pasadena City College
- Patricia Osorio of Houston Community College
- Tiffany Parra and Alexa Razo of UEI College
- Gabrielle Ray of Gwinnett Technology College
- Naomi Ruiz Morales of Florida Career College
- Jennifer Santana Villa and Isabella Vazquez of Carrington College
- Krista Sharp of Chattahoochee Technical College
- Mikala Walters of Trident Technical College
- Zenia Wamsley of the College of Healthcare Professionals
Since the scholarship was founded in 2016, the PDS Foundation has awarded more than $1 million to dental assistant students.
