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Legacy of Sean Monterrosa Continues Through Knowledge Up Scholarship Two recipients of the Knowledge Up scholarship, Tabari Morrison and Yenia Hernandez, open up about how it has helped them through hard times
City College formally recognized Tabari Morris and Yenia Jimenez as the first recipients of the Sean Monterrosa "Knowledge Up" Scholarship. The scholarship supports students who embody Monterrosa's spirit of social justice and community activism, and are actively in the fight against systemic inequality. April 15, 2026 (Kyra Young/The Guardsman)
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abari Morris, former news editor for The Guardsman, and Yenia Jimenez, a Latin American studies major, were the two inaugural recipients of a scholarship honorPhotos and collage by Teresa Madrigal ing the former City College student, Sean Monterrosa. Monterossa was shot and killed by Vallejo police Detective Jarrett Tonn in 2020, amidst the nationwide protests against the killing of City College students pushed policies on digital learning access and campus George Floyd. Board of Trustees President Aliya employment standards at the California Community College Assembly Chisti commended Monterrosa's sisters, Ashley and Michelle Monterrosa, At the California Community student government gathering in for making their “brother's memory Ellen Yoshitsugu Staff Writer College assembly, City College rep- Millbrae last month. a blessing” through the scholarship resentatives advanced a proposal Hundreds of student delegates dubbed, Knowledge Up. ity College students may soon to improve access to online course representing California's 2.2 mil“[It's] funding my passion to be a have access to their courses materials and continued to advocate lion community college students reporter and helping alleviate some on Canvas long after the semester for expanded work hours for stu- gathered at the Hyatt Regency of the pressure in my life with work, has closed. dent employees during a statewide ASSEMBLY continued on page 3 school and family,” Morris said.
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“I felt so grateful when I learned I had been selected as a recipient and couldn't be more thankful for the Monterrosa family.” Trustees voted unanimously to establish the scholarship fund in December 2021. The scholarship would commemorate Monterrosa's life and legacy, while supporting students who demonstrate commitment to social justice, education and community impact. The resolution also called for Detective Tonn to be held accountable. “Sometimes people forget,” Ashley said about her brother's death, before presenting the awards to Morris and Jimenez at the March 26 Board of Trustees meeting. “The community held us. Had it not been for the community holding us up, we wouldn't be here able to pour back,” the sisters said. SCHOLARSHIP continued on page 3