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Mariam Hussein named CMC 2023 Greenleaf Scholar

Mariam Hussain has been named the 2023 Greenleaf Scholar. The prestigious annual award provides a full scholarship to Copper Mountain College for one Morongo Basin High School student.

Hussain, a 16 year-old is from Yucca Valley who attends Yucca Valley High School, was selected from five other finalists: Lola Alvarez, Carter Green, and Allison VanVactor from Yucca Valley High School, and Jadyn Bauer and Jason Pilayan from Twentynine Palms High School. Each finalist was vetted through oral and written interviews.

2023 Grenleaf Scholarship recipient Mariam Hussain

Hussain is the eldest daughter of an Iraqi-American household. With two younger sisters, she is graduating early from Yucca Valley High School at age 16, and already has 30 credits fulfilled at Copper Mountain College. Her plan is to finish her undergraduate degree at CMC, then pursue neurological medicine at UC Berkeley or UCLA.

Endowed by local banker F. Roy Greenleaf Jr., the scholarship is awarded each year to a promising student that is interested in learning, is success oriented, has performed well in school and shows a desire to return to the Morongo Basin upon completion of her education. The scholarship will pay for tuition, books, and fees plus living expenses.

Jef Harmatz

Jef Harmatz is the co-host of Z107.7’s “Morning Show with Cody and Jef” and Z107.7’s News Director. He has worked as a journalist, cartoonist, chef, and delivery driver. He is known nationally for his writing and comics in publications like TimeOut, Popula, Roadtrippers, Solrad and Spiralbound, and for his album covers for Third Eye Blind and Sir Sly. He is known locally for his pop-up barbecue restaurant Hot Dog Panic. He remains unknown in the field of beekeeping, because he is too afraid of being stung to try it. When not on the radio, he draws comics and self-publishes little books. He lives with his partner and his dog Sunday in Yucca Valley, where he cooks them both elaborate meals.


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