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Asher Laomeepol

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Hi! I'm Ash, a 19 year old SRJC Freshman who's currently on the path to getting my Associate's Degree in Culinary Arts and a Minor's in Baking and Pastry.

Education

Santa Rosa Junior College

Associate's degree program
2025 - 2027
  • Majors:
    • Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Trade School

  • Graduate schools of interest:

  • Transfer schools of interest:

  • Majors of interest:

    • Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General
  • Not planning to go to medical school
  • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Head Chef

    • Dream career goals:

    • Deli Associate

      Safeway
      2025 – Present1 year

    Sports

    Track & Field

    Varsity
    2022 – 20231 year

    Public services

    • Volunteering

      THAT Ranch — Farmhand
      2022 – 2022
    Rudy J. Mazzetti Culinary Arts Scholarship
    Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to make sure that I left a positive impression and impact as I possibly could to everyone I meet, and as I was reading up on Mr. Mazzetti, I was reminded why I aimed to do so. Especially in the world of today, there are millions out there that could use a helping hand, and if that person was from me, that hand it'd be followed by a warm bowl of soup, a full stomach, and a few laughs. But unfortunately, I'm not able to succeed this task alone and without support, so that's where this essay, and furthermore this scholarship, comes to help that goal. I am currently a student at SRJC, but also a full-time employee at Safeway. While the pay of fulltime supported my goals and I was able to both afford and attend my current school life, hours have been getting harder to accumulate and now I'm between a rock and a hard place of whether I should take a brief break from college, and putting my goal at a halt, or pursue better jobs that can accommodate my big, utopian goal. I am currently doing everything to aim for the latter, but that comes with a bunch of financial issues, and while I do ultimately have support from family and loved ones, I mainly cover the finances by myself and fully rely on a healthy flow of decent pay and lots of work hours, that of which I've been struggling to maintain at Safeway for two months and counting. I do have a couple jobs lined up that will help maintain a flow of income, but the period in between switching jobs is too long in regards to affording my dorm rent, class fees, and other life expenses. That is why I came to this scholarship, in hopes that if i win this, I can securely afford my expenses while transferring myself to better employment to pursue my ultimate goal: To make sure that everyone, whether that be the downtrodden and the homeless, or the family of four looking for a great meal and the fondest memories, can come to a common place where they are all provided for with affordable and nutritious meals, as well as a sense of belonging and community in a world that so desperately seems to be dividing itself more and more.
    Asher Laomeepol Student Profile | Bold.org