Alexia Rydfors (She/Her) is currently a 1L at Santa Clara University School of Law. She is a 1L representative and incoming co-treasurer for the Filipino American Law Society (FALS) at Santa Clara Law. Prior to law school, Alexia attended the University of California, Davis, where she earned her B.A. in Comparative Literature and French and completed the pre-med track. Her previous work experience includes being a cancer researcher, a tutor, and a law intern at an immigration law firm.

About the Scholarship: In prior years, the FBANC Foundation and the Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom Foundation (“BALIF Foundation”) have sponsored the FBANC/BALIF “Pamilya” Joint Scholarship in the amount of $5,000 to a current law school student who has a demonstrated commitment to the Filipinx American and LGBTQI communities.

Learn about past scholarship recipients here.