04 September 2014 - OTIS Architecture/Landscape/Interiors student Diana Gonong,  one of two winners of the Angelo Dongha Foundation in its 2014 Student Scholarship Program in Interior Design, paid a courtesy call on Consul General Leo Herrera-Lim at the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles on September 02. 

Ms. Gonong’s winning entry, the Chopping Block, is a renovation of the former Santa Fe Freight Depot building in downtown Los Angeles into culinary community lofts. The Chopping Block includes private living units for aspiring professional chefs, a roof-top organic farm, and a shared demonstration kitchen located in the center of the building.

The Angelo Dongha Foundation, a privately held non-profit organization, announced 12 winners of its 2014 Student Scholarship Program in Interior Design. Launched in 2002, the Foundation awards scholarships to deserving students who are entering their senior year in a Baccalaureate Degree Program in Interior Design. This year’s winners were selected from 60 student projects submitted by accredited institutions. Each student winner will receive up to US$30,000-worth scholarship grant to be used to pay for senior year tuition fee, board and lodging, maintenance and books. END