Pictured are scholarship and grant recipients (from left) Ethan Kameshige, Ontario junior; Matt Suyematsu, Ontario senior, $2,000 scholarship; Hannah Mizuta, Vale senior, $3,000 scholarship; Matt Iseri; Keegan Susuki, Ontario senior, $3,000 scholarship; Quinn Susuki, Ontario junior, leadership grant; and Makoto Iwasa, Payette/Gem State Academy senior, $1,000 scholarship. Not pictured is Lauren Bouvia, Weiser senior, who received a $2,000 scholarship and has already started college at the University of California, Davis.
The 72nd annual Snake River JACL graduation banquet was held on May 3 at the Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario, Ore., to honor graduating high school seniors and award scholarships to seniors and leadership grants to juniors.
Matt Iseri, founder and CEO of TokuSaku Consulting in Seattle, Wash., served as the event’s keynote speaker.
