51 Surrey & White Rock students receive Beedie Luminaries scholarships

In a new district record, 51 outstanding students from 14 Surrey and White Rock schools are receiving scholarships worth up to $44,000 apiece from the Beedie Luminaries Scholarship program. 

The program supports resilient Grade 12 students facing financial adversity who want to make positive change in their lives, with students receiving $11,000 per year for a four-year undergraduate degree program or two-year college certificate, diploma or trades foundation program. 

Students may use their scholarships at 26 B.C. post-secondary institutions. Recipients are also supported through a student success program, peer program and access to mentors, with opportunities for paid summer internships. 

Here are this year’s Beedie Luminaries Scholarship winners from the Surrey School District: 

Enver Creek Secondary 

• Shaheer Khan 
• Sameera Mannan 
• Nour Alhomssi 

Fleetwood Park Secondary 

• Alexis Cao 
• Karen Zhou 

Fraser Heights Secondary 

• Januki Kankanamge 
• Zeenat Maqsoodi 
• Nicky Nguyen 
• Amin Sarwari 

Guildford Park Secondary 

• Maryam Ibrahim 
• Misha Ivanov 
• Sana Katawazai 
• Olajuwon Morrow 
• Noah Rashidi 
• Mursal Sharif 
• Tireza Yousif 

Johnston Heights Secondary 

• Kana Fikadu 

École Kwantlen Park Secondary 

• Isabella Burden 
• Safa Khan  
• Setara Mohammadi 
• Maraiamawit Molla 
• Mercy Zekarias 
• Omar Zubair 

L.A. Matheson Secondary 

• Jason Hothi 
• Jannat Jannat 
• Eliya Khan 

North Surrey Secondary 

• Daniel Mosugu 

École Panorama Ridge Secondary 

• Fortune Adhanom 
• Mishaal Meer 

Princess Margaret Secondary 

• Yahya Basar 
• Setayish Fatimi 
• Destiny Garcia 
• Nathaniel Graham 
• Nawda Hamedi 
• Sahardeed Jama 
• Ammar Kawaiah 
• Hooriya Khayyam 
• Taniya Kumar  
• Marwa Noori  
• Hafsa Rajput 
• Brandon Rauda 
• Maaz Mohiuddin Ahmed Syed 
• Nafeesah Tayyab 
• Samira Youssouf 
• Simran Yusuf 

Queen Elizabeth Secondary 

• Mohammad Abu-Samhan 
• Sidona Beraki 
• Prisha S. 

Semiahmoo Secondary 

• Xiaochan Zhang 

Sullivan Heights Secondary 

• Sodaba Ata  

Tamanawis Secondary 

• Shahzeena Janjua 

Congratulations to all our 2025 Beedie Luminaries Scholarship recipients! For past years, see our 2025, 2024, 2023 and 2022 recipients.