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2019 Rumba Meats & USHLI Scholarship: Open to undocumented high school students

By My Undocumented Life on November 24, 2019 • ( 0 )

Rumba Meats and the US Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI) have partnered to provide “25 postsecondary academic scholarships of $1,000 each and helping empower today’s Hispanic youth to become tomorrow’s leaders.” Note: This scholarship opportunity is open to undocumented high school seniors graduating in the Spring 2020 (with or without DACA).

These are the eligibility requirements:

“Must be a high school senior graduating in the Spring of 2020
Applicants must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as full-time undergraduate students in an accredited four-year or two-year institution in the U.S. or U.S. territories
Students must verify their enrollment status for the 2020/2021 academic school year prior to scholarship disbursement
Non-U.S. Citizens are eligible to apply (DACA or undocumented).
Applicants must demonstrate a verifiable need for financial support
Consistent, active participation in public and/or community service activities
At least one parent must be of Hispanic ancestry
Minimum 2.5 GPA
Grant permission to receive information about Cargill Global Scholars, a scholarship program that selects 50 students worldwide to participate in a yearlong immersion program. Learn more at https://www.cargillglobalscholars.com/.
Only if awarded the scholarship, recipients are required to provide a two-minute video articulating how their Hispanic heritage has influenced their life and how they plan to preserve it throughout their life.”

The deadline to apply is November 30, 2019

For more information and to apply, please visit their official website: Rumba Meats & USHLI Scholarship

Please note that this position was first posted by USHLI. The link to the scholarship posting may not work after the position has been filled.

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