SCHOLARSHIP & FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE
The Scholarship & Fellowship Committee is responsible for interviewing applicants and selecting the recipients of various scholarships provided by APABA and other generous sponsors and organizations. The purpose of our scholarships is to recognize law students who have demonstrated leadership and service to the Asian Pacific American community, who overcame personal hardships or challenges, or who have shown excellence and achievement in law school. The recipients of our scholarships have volunteered at various non-profit organizations throughout the Bay Area, and many of our past recipients have volunteered at organizations dedicated to providing legal services for the Asian Pacific American community. In past years, these scholarships have been made possible through funds raised from our annual banquet, generous sponsors such as LTL Attorneys LLP, and matching donations from other organizations such as BALIF.
Message from Co-Chairs:
APABA Silicon Valley is proud to offer its Equal Justice Scholarship to accomplished law students throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area who have shown their commitment to serving the public interest and helping the Asian Pacific American community. Each year, we are truly humbled by the caliber of law students applying for our scholarships. We are extremely fortunate to be able to continue offering financial support to these incredibly deserving students, and are able to only through the generosity of the legal community in Silicon Valley. Our main source of funding comes from APABA Silicon Valley's Annual Gala, so we encourage everyone to show your continued support for us and for these students and help celebrate their achievements by attending our Gala!
CO-CHAIRS
Chloe Ramos Czabaranek
Chloe Ramos Czabaranek immigrated from the Philippines in 2001. She has two childhoods, growing up in the Philippines and growing up in the Bay Area. Chloe speaks English, Tagalog, Visayan, and Spanish. As an active member of the Filipino legal community in the Bay Area, Chloe serves on the board for the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California. Removal defense is Chloe’s main passion as she strives to keep families together. She believes people should be able to live and make a livelihood wherever they choose to be, or sometimes, need to be. Prior to working at immigration firms, Chloe was at a non-profit firm that exclusively served survivors of human trafficking throughout the Bay Area.
Throughout law school, Chloe externed for Pangea Legal Services and represented clients as student counsel arguing at the SF EOIR and the Ninth Circuit. Prior to law school, Chloe was a labor union organizer at SEIU 2015 and organized nursing homes and agencies to win their NLRB elections throughout CA. Chloe graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law with a J.D. and a Public Interest Immigration Asylum Certificate, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a B.A. in Political Science and Minor in Music.
Yvonne Ho
Yvonne Ho is Senior Counsel at Walmart, where she manages and advises on complex technology transactions and product development related to eCommerce and data management. Her background includes cross-border transactions, corporate and IP affairs, regulatory matters, and policy development. Prior to her legal career she worked in business with entrepreneurs and technology start-ups throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
