CRC Student Scholars

We are committed to creating applied learning experiences in community-engaged and applied research for undergraduate students.  We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Ted Bradshaw Student Engaged Scholars and the Isao Fujimoto Research Award. 

2026 Ted Bradshaw Student Engaged Scholars

Allison Lopez

Allison Lopez is a 4th year Human Development Major, minoring in Education and Public Health Sciences. She is passionate about contributing to community based initiatives focused on health education and engagement. Her topics of interest include promoting healthy and inclusive spaces within communities and promoting health-based policy.

Ted Bradshaw will provide her the opportunity to work under Judith Ennis at the Davis

Community Action Network as part of the Community Engagement Team. Her work will be to promote an engagement model around important issues of community design, affordable housing, and climate change. 

Alongside the CRC, Allison serves as a resident assistant (RA) for the UC Davis residential community. She has also served as a Classroom Assistant for the Early Childhood Lab School and as a Classroom Intern at Cesar Chavez Elementary School. In her free time, she enjoys crocheting, baking, singing in the UC Davis choir, and spending time with family and friends.

Maya Anderson

Maya is a third-year student studying Environmental Science and Management. At UC Davis, she is involved with the Student Farm as a Fresh Focus intern and KDVS, where she hosts a college radio show. The regional issues she is most passionate about are food and housing security and their intersection with environmental justice.

Gaby Lara

My interests center on designing sustainable, inclusive spaces that empower communities. With experience in research and design, I seek to integrate technology and human centered design approaches to advance equity. I aim to bridge landscape architecture, technology, and community engagement to promote accessibility and justice, and I'm excited to collaborate with Jackie on a project amplifying racial justice. 

Ella Fodor

Hello! My name is Ella Fodor. I am a third-year undergraduate majoring in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology and minoring in Education. I am deeply passionate about place-based, experiential, and equitable environmental education. I believe that educational experiences that connect students to local environmental justice issues create a strong sense of student identity and promote community well-being.  Because of the Bradshaw Scholarship, I am privileged to work with Peggy Harte, from the Center for Citizen and Community Science, and Brandon Louie, from the Center for Regional Change, to support youth organizations engaging with environmental justice action. I am also a lead student gardener at the UC Davis Student Farm Ecological Garden, an avid hiker, reader, and native plant enthusiast. 

2026 Isao Fujimoto Student Scholars

Genevie Hong

Genevie is a third-year student from Los Angeles, California studying Cognitive Science and Sustainable Environmental Design, with a minor in Asian American Studies. Her interests in urban studies, ethnic studies, and film guide her exploration of how people interact with and transform spaces—especially how immigrant communities build belonging and resilience.

Curious and community-oriented, Genevie enjoys exploring, engaging in conversations big and small, and highlighting untold stories and histories. She has gained leadership strengths in being a current co-coordinator for the UC Davis Arboretum Ambassadors, Events director for TEDxUC Davis, and a project manager for Data Driven Change, a social impact organization, as well as being a former UN Sustainable Development Goal intern. Through her work as co-president of the Pan-Asian Youth Coalition, she aims to bridge intergenerational gaps, foster cultural competency, and study how environments shape human connection and collective identity. By amplifying youth voices and finding creative ways to foster change, she hopes that engaging a youth community can make a positive impact in the revitalization of Sacramento Chinatown Square.

Ngoc Tran

Ngoc Tran is a 4th-year undergraduate student majoring in Asian American Studies and Psychology. Her research interests are on the socio-historical development of ethnic labor niches and how that interacts with occupational health in relation to disability studies and labor studies. Her current research project explores narratives of Vietnamese nail salon laborers within these contexts. She is also an Intern for the Suad Joseph lab at UC Davis.