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Program

Chicana / Latina Foundation Scholarship Program
Organization

Chicana Latina Foundation
Opportunity Type

Scholarship
About the Program

Each year the Chicana Latina Foundation awards merit-based scholarships to Latina college students, valued at $1,500 dollars each. This year we are delighted to offer 31 scholarships
Application Deadline

March 31, 2024
Application Website

www.chicanalatina.org/scholarship.html

Program Benefits

Scholarship Amount
 $1,500
Renewable?

No

Requirements

Description
  • Be a woman of Chicana/Latina heritage.
  • Be enrolled in an accredited college, university, or community college in one of the following Northern California counties
  • Have lived at least two years in one of the above Northern California counties at the time of application
  • Community College and Undergraduate students must:
        - Be enrolled as a full-time college student (as defined by your institution*) when
          applying and for the following academic year, and 
        - Have completed 12 college units after high school graduation, and 
        - Have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 of college course work
  • Graduate students must: 
        - Be enrolled graduate/professional students completing course/thesis/dissertation; 
          or have been accepted into graduate/professional school, and 
        - Have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 for college course work 
  • Commit to attending the CLF Leadership Institute (one weekend in August after being selected and one weekend the following year in February)
  • Commit to volunteering ten (10) hours for CLF before March the year after being selected
  • Past CLF awardees may not re-apply until four years after receiving our scholarship
Open to residents of:
  • CA
Open to students attending school in:
  • CA
Limited To Gender
 Female Only
Degree Programs
  • Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.)
  • Master’s Degree (M.A./M.S./M.B.A.)
Minimum GPA
 2.5
Enrollment Status
  • Full time
Citizenship
  • Citizenship status not considered
Other Details
  • Merit-based
Keywords
 Chicana, Scholarship, Latina, Female
Organization Address

1419 Burlingame Ave. Suite W2
Burlingame, CA 94010
Last Modified Date
 April 23, 2015