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Congratulations to Our 2025 Scholarship Recipients!

September 26, 2025

Each year, Aloha Pacific FCU is honored to support the dreams of our members through scholarships that help open doors to higher education and career opportunities.

This year, we congratulate Payton Cosier, the recipient of the 3rd annual Wallace Y. Watanabe Excellence Award and a $5,000 scholarship. She will be studying Business/Clinical Science at the California State University – Dominguez Hills.

We also celebrate 15 Masami Oishi Memorial Scholarship recipients, each receiving $2,000 to continue their studies.

  • Ckole Alarcon, Business Administration/Psychology, Chaminade University
  • Brooke Brennan, Business – Marketing, University of Utah
  • Dale Emoto, Graduate - Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington
  • Sierra Furukawa, Graduate - ESE Comprehensive Applied Behavior Analysis, University of West Florida
  • Chase Halsall, Environmental Studies, Northern Arizona University
  • Alexander Halverson, Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
  • Henry Ho, Mechanical Engineering – Aerospace, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Olivia Lau, Exploratory, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Chole Mar, Business Marketing, Santa Clara University
  • Angelina Nakata, Computer Science, Northeastern University
  • Alexis-Rachelle Ramelb, Computer Science, Chaminade University
  • Lauren Remular, Master of Arts in Teaching, Elementary Education, Chaminade University
  • Micah Salvatera, Mechanical Engineering, George Fox University
  • Eva Taylor, Undeclared – College of Arts and Science, Syracuse University
  • Nadine Yamashita, BSA – Music, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Investing in Our Future

Since its inception 38 years ago, the Aloha Pacific FCU Scholarship Program has provided over $500,000 in financial support to help our members achieve their higher education dreams. We believe that by supporting our students today, we are building stronger communities for tomorrow.

 

Mahalo to our volunteer panel of members who reviewed applications and helped select this year’s deserving recipients.

 

Applications for the 2026 scholarships will open in early January.

Stay tuned for updates at alohapacific.com