Eloisa Peraza received several scholarships from 2019 to 2022. In May 2022, she graduated from Cal State University, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Chicano & Latino Studios. Eloisa now works part time at Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood and is an integral part of our staff.
Linda Garcia received four Tietjen scholarships between 2019 and 2022. In June 2023, she graduated from University of CA, Irvine with a B.A. in Public Health Sciences and minor in Medical Anthropology.
Eiara Fajardo received her first of four scholarships in 2019. Eiara graduated from Drexel University in 2024 with a degree in Material Science and Engineering.
Gerardo Tapia received his first of two scholarships in 2021. Gerardo currently in his senior year at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, College of Engineering.
Chloe Gaume received her first of two scholarship in 2021. Chloe is currently a senior at UCLA majoring in English.
Madeline was the first Tietjen Scholarship recipient and received scholarships between 2019 and 2021. Madeline is currently enrolled in Santa Monica College majoring in Psychology.
2019 Tietjen Scholars pictured with Robert Tietjen (from left to right): Madeline Son, Eloisa Peraza, D’Angelo Guerrero, Linda Garcia, Eiara Fajardo and Ximena Diaz
Tietjen Scholars
Join the Tietjen family by donating directly to the scholarship fund which supports students pursuing higher education and provides much-needed student debt relief.
Founded in 2017, the John P. and John C. Tietjen Scholarship Fund honors the lifelong commitment to education of my Father, John P. Tietjen, and my only sibling, my older brother, John C. Tietjen.
My Father returned from WWII, having survived the Normandy landing, and was later the only survivor of a bombing that left him hospitalized in England for many months. After completing his Bachelor’s Degree at the University of California, he taught for 37 years (at the same public high school). My brother, also a UC graduate, followed directly in our father’s footsteps, teaching nearly 35 years before a terminal illness forced him into an unwanted early retirement.
I lost both of them within a year of each other and could think of no better way to pay tribute to their commitment to public education (which spanned 70+ years combined) than to create this Fund. Nothing would make my father and brother smile more than to see hard-working students attending college and achieving their goals and dreams.
-Robert Tietjen, Board Member