North Island Credit Union Awards Scholarships to Local County Students

North Island Credit Union has awarded scholarships to two North County students as part of its 2023 College Scholarship Program, recognizing exceptional students in Poway and San Marcos for their school and community activities. Through its annual program, the credit union provides 10 scholarships of $1,000 each to college-bound students in San Diego and Riverside Counties.

North County scholarship recipients include seniors Everett Richards, Poway High School, and Kelly Villarreal, Mission Hills High School.

“We are honored to recognize these inspiring students, who are truly making a difference in their academic and local communities,” said North Island Credit Union CEO Steve O’Connell. “After reviewing all the outstanding applications we received, there is no doubt we have much to learn from this new generation of leaders. We are excited to help them fulfill their college dreams and wish them the best of luck as they take this next important step in their lives.”

All 2023 North Island Credit Union scholarship recipients are:

All 2023 North Island Credit Union scholarship recipients are:

Recipient School City

Stephen Abkin Grossmont High School El Cajon

Eva Crickard Del Norte High School San Diego

Anna Liu Rancho Bernardo High School San Diego

Erik Lunde San Diego High School San Diego

Mary Ogbogu John W. North High School Riverside

Everett Richards Poway High School Poway

Usiel Soto Hoover High School San Diego

Jack Story Torrey Pines High School San Diego

Kelly Villarreal Mission Hills High School San Marcos

Mission Hills High School Senior Kelly Villarreal (center) is a recipient of the North Island Credit Union 2023 Scholarship, presented by North Island Credit Union Senior School and Community Development Officer Nancy Banuelos (left) and Therese Caballes, VP, Regional Manager. Villarreal will major in Political Science at University of California, Irvine this fall.

Sophie White Francis Parker School San Diego

The credit union’s Annual College Scholarship program was created in 2005 to recognize outstanding students within its local communities. Since the creation of the

About North Island Credit Union, a division of California Credit Union California Credit Union is a federally insured, state chartered credit union founded in 1933 that serves public or private school employees, community members and businesses across California. With more than 170,000 members and assets of over $4.5 billion, business banking, and leading-edge online and mobile

The credit union’s Annual College Scholarship program was created in 2005 to recognize outstanding students within its local communities. Since the creation of the program, the credit union has awarded more than $395,000 in scholarships to students across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego counties.