The Americana at brand announced the 2016 Spirit of the
American Youth Scholarship today in Arcadia, Ca.

ARCADIA, CA—The Americana at Brand, a Caruso Affiliated
property, proudly announced today the recipients of The 2016 Spirit of American
Youth Scholarship. Christin Hirn of Notre Dame High School and George Hou of
Arcadia High School will each be awarded a $10,000 scholarship.

Established in 2009 by Caruso Affiliated, the scholarship
invests in the future of the next generation by honoring high school seniors
who reside in or attend school in the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys
exhibiting outstanding spirit, leadership, and social responsibility.

Hundreds of applications were submitted by students
throughout the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys including the communities
of Glendale, Pasadena, Arcadia, La Canada, La Crescenta, Los Feliz, San Marino,
Sherman Oaks, and Studio City, with many qualified applications. These two
students were selected as this year’s recipients based on academic potential,
contributions to the betterment of their communities, and their vision on how
they would invest in their communities to create a brighter future for the next
generation.

“We created The Spirit of American Youth Scholarship to
support and inspire outstanding individuals who have exceeded expectations in
their academic endeavors and civic leadership in the community,” stated Rick J.
Caruso, Caruso Affiliated Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “Both Christin
and George personify The Spirit of American Youth, and I am excited to see all
they achieve in the coming years and their impact on generations to come.”

Christin Hirn is a graduate of Notre Dame High School.
Christin devoted much of her high school years to volunteer work in her
community and held the title of Captain for both varsity water polo and varsity
swim teams at Notre Dame High School. She is a member of the National Honors
Society and Advanced Placement Scholars Program her Junior and Senior Years. In
addition, Christin was awarded Maxima Cum Laude throughout her four years at
Notre Dame High School. Christin has been accepted to California Lutheran
University with a plan to double-major in Exercise Science and Biology.

George Hou is a graduate of Arcadia High School, where he
earned the highest of academic achievements, while dedicating much of his time
to research to help the hearing impaired by improving the quality of hearing
aids. Through months of rigorous study, he developed an algorithm, testing his
method by recording sounds in his backyard composed of wind, traffic, chirping
birds, and barking dogs. Through these tests, he had concluded that he had
successfully implemented blind-source-separation on mixed signals. A
breakthrough that earned him the Intel Science Competition, commonly recognized
as the Junior Noble Piece Prize. George was presented with many impressive
academic achievement awards throughout his high school years, including; a
silver medal in the International High School Mathematics Research Competition,
a finalist in the National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, a winner
of the Nordstrom Scholarship award, a winner of the Coca-Cola Scholarship
award, first place in the Southern California Debate League Competition, and
named the Best Delegate in the Model United Nations Conference, only to name
several. In addition to all of these outstanding accomplishments, he was also
named the Arcadia High School Class Valedictorian. George was also a member of
the Varsity Tennis Club, and was involved in Arcadia High School’s Performing
Arts program as part of the Gold Wheel Monastery Choir in his four years at
Arcadia. George has been accepted to Harvard University where he plans to major
in Applied Mathematics.

For additional information and details about this program,
visit: http://www.americanaatbrand.com

For additional information about Caruso Affiliated:
http://www.carusoaffiliated.com