Scholarship Description
Each year the Chicana Latina Foundation awards merit-based scholarships to Latina college students, valued at $1,500 dollars each.
Eligibility
Applicants must meet ALL of the following criteria to be eligible for the CLF Scholarship.
Candidates must:
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:
Alameda
Contra Costa
Marin
Monterey
Napa
Sacramento
San Francisco
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Solano
Sonoma
Yolo
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
Year of Need: College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, College 5th Year, 1st Year Grad, 2nd Year Grad,
Type: Merit Based
Num Awards: Multiple
Min Award:
Max Award: 1,500
Deadline: 2025-03-31
Website:
Sponsoring Organization
Chicana Latina Foundation
Scholarship Committee, 1419 Burlingame Ave. Suite W2
Burlingame, CA 94010
Contact Person:
Phone: (650) 548-1040
Fax: (650) 373-1090
Web: http://www.chicanalatina.org/scholarship.html
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