The American GI Forum Education Foundation of Santa Maria awarded 19 scholarships on July 15 to five high school graduates, five transfer students from Hancock College and nine current college students, for a total of $30,100.

The students and the amounts awarded to them are:

$800 to Brenda Perez; $1,000 to Cynthia Sanchez; $1,500 each to Aiyana Andrade, Melyssa Rubi Fabian Avendano, Gabriela Reina Flores, Mishila Garcia, Ivan Gonzalez, Leslie Delil Guzman Mayo, Destiny Hernandez, Jonathan R. Ibarra, Yvette Melena Lopez, Kassandra Mendoza, Devinna Navarro and Marcela Santiago Cruz; $1,800 to Noemi Velasquez; $2,0000 each to Zulmai Sanchez, Daysi Anaiz Santos Hernandez and Lucia Santos Ramirez; and $2,500 to Isaac Ochoa Castaneda.