Daniel J. Ferbal Memorial Scholarship: Patrick Loehr
Bio: Patrick is currently studying medicine at the University of California, San Diego. As an undergraduate at Pomona College, he studied Spanish Literature and Art History. After graduating, he moved to Madrid on a Fulbright scholarship to study mudéjar architecture and teach literature at a public high school with a bilingual curriculum. He subsequently moved to Paris to work in cultural heritage protection at UNESCO, and then to New York City, where he worked for three years in film and television production and supplemented his time tutoring, coaching after-school debate, and volunteering at an LGBT community center.