By Laura Bohorquez and Mayu Takeda
“Being a Latina woman, who is undocumented and unafraid,
I had to apply to many scholarships to be able to achieve my educational
dreams. After much self-advocacy and community support, I have been able
to earn 18 scholarships towards my undergraduate degree at the University
of Washington, Bothell. Earning these scholarships has taught me the power
of sharing my story of self as a 1.5 generation, undocumented immigrant.
My scholarship donors and my community have made an investment into my
life as a scholar. Their generous donation and support has allowed me to
prioritize my time, by focusing on my studies and giving forward to my
community.”
-Alejandra Perez, senior at University of Washington,
Bothell
The fight towards education equity continues because it
includes advocating across the multiple issues affecting our underrepresented
communities. One of the issues is making sure that all students regardless
of their multiple identities is able to go to school if they choose to.
However, some of the barriers impeding that this is possible for our undocumented
community is the constant rise in tuition, the lack of access to federal
financial aid and the varying state laws that prohibit undocumented community
members to pay in-state tuition or attend at all. Because of this schools,
private entities, and organizations have continued to invest in all students
and have helped countless students go to college by supporting scholarship
funds.
Below please find scholarships that have an upcoming deadline
and that are open to undocumented students. These scholarships are provided
by either foundations, organizations, or individual donors who believe
that all students should have the opportunity to compete for resources
that would make their educational dreams a reality.
Laura Bohorquez is coordinator for the Dream Educational Empowerment Program (DEEP). She can be reached at laura@unitedwedream.org. Mayu Takeda is an advocacy associate at Generation
Progress and can be contacted at mtakeda@americanprogress.org.
Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
Hit
the Books Scholarship (Deadline 09/30/2015)
Jan Egerton & Don Smitley Scholarship
(Deadline 10/09/2015)
Scholarships
for 2015 (Deadline 10/07/2015)
La
Unidad Latina Foundation Scholarships (Deadline
10/15/2015)
Single
Mother’s Scholarship 2015 (Deadline 12/05/2015)
Affinity
Plus Foundation Scholarship Program (Deadline
01/29/2016)
Frank
Kazmierczak Memorial Migrant Scholarship
(Deadline 02/01/2016)
Scholarships
(Deadline 03/31/2016)
Gloria
Mattera National Migrant Scholarship Fund
(Deadline 04/15/2016)
Jean
DeGrace Crandall Memorial Scholarship Fund
(Deadline 04/15/2016)
Margaret
Raley New York State Migrant Student Scholarship
(Deadline 04/15/2016)
Aurelio
“Larry” Jazo Migrant Scholarship (Deadline
05/15/2016)
Friends
of Senator Jack Perry Migrant Scholarship
(Deadline 04/15/2016)
Undergraduate Programs Only
National
College Match (Deadline 09/28/2015)
Fall
2015 R’DREAM Book Grant (Deadline 10/04/2015)
Fall 2015 R’DREAM Scholarship (Deadline
10/11/2015)
2015
Youth Awards (Deadline 10/15/2015)
C4D
Scholarship (Deadline 10/17/2015)
Youth Volunteer Scholarship Award (Deadline
11/29/2015)
Accounting
Student Scholarship Program (Deadline 11/30/2015)
Foundation
Scholarship (Deadline 12/04/2015)
The
Princeton Prize in Race Relations (Deadline
01/31/2016)
Peace
Scholarships(Deadline 03/01/2016)
Robert
Apicella Good Samaritan Migrant Scholarship
(Deadline 04/15/2016)
Leah Levy Memorial Scholarship (Deadline
04/15/2016)
Migrant
Farmworker Baccalaureate Scholarship (Deadline
07/01/2016)
Juanita
Crippen Memorial Scholarship (Deadline 04/30/2016)
Undergraduate and Vocational/Skills Training Programs
Live
Your Dream Awards (Deadline 11/15/2015)
Graduate Programs Only
Boettcher
Teacher Residency (Deadline 10/30/2015)
2016
Scholarship (Deadline 11/01/2015)
HACU-HSI
Alumni Scholarship (Deadline 01/10/2016)
MBAs
Forte
Fellows Program (No Deadline)
Art
Berrien
Fragos Thorn Arts Scholarships for Migrant Farmworkers
(Deadline 11/01/2015)
Source: The Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD) Organization
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