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2025 Community Pride Scholarship Winners

Post Date:07/23/2025 8:55 AM

Each year, City of Rancho Cordova employees raise funds for the city’s Community Pride Scholarship program to support graduating seniors in our community as they move onto their next chapter. We are proud to announce this year’s winners, Christiana Laret and Janice Chang.

Christiana graduated from Cordova High School, where she competed in track and field and served as team captain of the Cordova Girls’ Golf Team. She has demonstrated a strong commitment to serving her community through volunteer work and leadership within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Future Farmers of America program.

“These experiences which I have had within these programs and activities shaped my character, strengthened my leadership skills, and inspired me to pursue a future where I can continue to make a difference,” said Christiana. “I am eager to continue making a positive impact wherever I go.”

Christiana plans to attend the University of Idaho where she will take part in the PGA Management Program to pursue a career in the golf industry.

Janice graduated from Cordova High School. Uniting her passion for mathematics and her dedication to making resources accessible, Janice founded Cordova High School’s Mathletes club to address academic challenges faced by her peers.

“Creating Mathletes was not only about raising proficiency levels, but transforming the way people think about math, and by extension, themselves and their ability to solve unfamiliar problems,” said Janice.

Janice plans to major in molecular and cellular biology at Johns Hopkins University where she will pursue research regarding skin diseases.

“Rancho Cordova is proud to support graduating seniors as they pursue further opportunities in education,” said Mayor Pulipati. “Congratulations to the 2025 Community Pride Scholarship winners.”

To learn more about the Pride Scholarship program, visit CityofRanchoCordova.org/scholarship.

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Press Announcements

Media Contacts

Maria Chacon Kniestedt
Communications & Public Affairs Director
916.851.8791
916.200.6181 (cell)
mkniestedt@cityofranchocordova.org

Samantha Mott
Senior Communications Officer
916.851.8796
916.579.0671 (Cell)
smott@cityofranchocordova.org

Danielle Hale
Communications Officer
916.851.8792
916.809.0465 (cell)
dhale@cityofranchocordova.org

Lauren Burke
Communications Officer
916.851.8723
916.247.2587 (Cell)
lburke@cityofranchocordova.org

City of Rancho Cordova Opens $8.4M Youth Center

On November 3, 2022, the City of Rancho Cordova opened the Rancho Cordova Youth Center, the first youth center in the community. The Youth Center will provide a welcoming, central and safe environment for year-round youth programs, build relationships with local youth, and show local youth how much the community cares about their success and future in Rancho Cordova.

City of Rancho Cordova Breaks Ground on Citywide, Ultra-High-Speed Gigabit Broadband Network

On February 28, 2022, the City of Rancho Cordova, SiFi Networks and GigabitNow announced the launch of Rancho Cordova FiberCity®, a revolutionary infrastructure project to bring a fast, affordable, and reliable all-fiber internet network to every home, business, and institution in Rancho Cordova.

For more information, please contact Danielle Hale at 916.809.0465 or dhale@cityofranchocordova.org.

Mather Veterans Village Dedication Event

On October 12, 2021, Mercy Housing California, Nation’s Finest, the City of Rancho Cordova and the County of Sacramento celebrated the completion of all three phases of Mather Veterans Village, the first permanent supportive housing development for homeless and disabled veterans in the Sacramento region.

These documents are password protected. Please contact Danielle Hale at 916.809.0465 for access.

Crime Drops in Rancho Cordova by 61%

The City of Rancho Cordova is proud to announce that violent crime and property crime combined has decreased by 61% from 2004-2019 when adjusted for population. Since the city incorporated and established the Rancho Cordova Police Department 18 years ago, the city has implemented creative and proactive policing programs that have led to this significant drop.

Media Advisory about Crime Drop in Rancho Cordova
Fact Sheet on Programs
Speaker Bios from Crime Drop Announcement
B-Roll, Photos and Crime Statistics (This is password protected. Please contact Ashley Downton at 916.542.3875 for access.)
News Release: Crime Drops in Rancho Cordova by 61%

Rancho Cordova Breaks Ground on Rio Del Oro Development

Elliott Homes, Inc. and the City of Rancho Cordova are breaking ground on Rio Del Oro, the largest development in the city’s history. Rio Del Oro spans 3,800 acres in Rancho Cordova and could fit Downtown Sacramento in its footprint. The development will feature thousands of new homes, over 7.6 million square feet of commercial, professional and industrial space, one of the largest parks in the region at 130 acres, and the city’s next high school.

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