The PepsiCo Cesar Chavez Latino Scholarship is awarding scholarships to students of Latino descent who are beginning or continuing their studies at a higher education institution. The fund provides financial assistance to qualified Latino/a Students in an effort to promote academic success.
Here are the requirements:
• Applicants must be an incoming or continuing full-time undergraduate student at any education institution for the 2018-2019 Academic Year
• Applicant must be of Latino descent.
• Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA.
• Applicant must be attending a college in Arizona or California.
*The scholarship is available in Arizona and California.Scholarship is available to U.S. Citizen, Permanent Legal Resident, Undocumented Resident, DACA or Eligible Non-Citizen (as defined by FAFSA).
Applicant may only receive award once.
Applicant’s immediate family members are not eligible for award within 12 calendar months (e.g. siblings, parents, or children)*
The Deadline to apply is (YOU HAVE LOTS OF TIME BUT DO NOT PROCRASTINATE):
• May 25, 2018
You can access all the details HERE:
• http://www.chavezfoundation.org/_page.php?code=010004000000000&page_ttl=Instruction&kind=1
NEED TO KNOW FACT: Cesar Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962.
YOU CAN (SHOULD BUT NO PRESSURE) READ MORE ABOUT HIM HERE:
https://www.history.com/topics/cesar-chavez
Another fun fact and GOOD READ (CLICK HERE): Oscar Mondragon leads the MCLE and worked very close with Cesar Chaves and Dolors Huerta.
