Scholarship — General Information
The Chicana Latina Scholarship Fund awards merit-based scholarships valued at $1,500.
Our Scholarship Application Cycle starts in the fall each year. To be considered, please do not submit application or documents before December. Make sure all documents are postmarked or emailed by our deadline, March 20, 2009.
Purpose
The purpose of the Chicana/Latina Foundation Scholarship Fund is to assist Latina students in completing their undergraduate and graduate college education. These scholarships are available on a competitive basis to continuing undergraduate and graduate female college students of Latino background.
Eligibility
All points must apply for eligibility
- Chicana/Latina women of the Northern California Counties
- Chicana/Latina women who are enrolled in accredited colleges, universities and community colleges in the one of the listed Northern California Counties.
- Chicana/Latina women who have been a resident for at least two years in one of the listed Northern California Counties.
- Undergraduate Chicana/Latina students must be enrolled as a full-time college student, have completed a minimum of 15 college semester units after high school graduation, and have at least a 2.5 GPA.
- Graduate students must provide verification of acceptance to a graduate school.
- All candidates must have demonstrated leadership and civic/community involvement.
- Applicants must agree, if awarded a scholarship, to volunteer a minimum of 10 hours in the next year in support of the Chicana/Latina Foundation.
- Applicants who received a Chicana/Latina Foundation scholarship within the past four (4) years are not eligible to apply for a scholarship.
- All scholarship recipients are required to attend the Leadership Institute.
Download our Application and get details.
Scholarship Workshops
We offer workshops on applying to our scholarship at Colleges/Universities through out the Bay Area.
Find a workshop near you on our Google calendar:
Download our PowerPoint Presentations that we use for our Scholarship Workshops here:
The Writing Process
The Interview Process