Sea Mar recognizes and acknowledges the barriers children of farm worker families face in their pursuit of a college degree. Economic strains, as well as the language and cultural barriers can often affect these students. Sometimes students need to work after-school and all summer to assist their family. Sea Mar is proud to provide annual scholarships to help make college a reality.

To be eligible to apply, an applicant must:

• Be a high school senior or a high school/GED graduate who has not yet attended college.
• Work or has worked OR, whose parent/legal guardian is or has worked as a farmworker*.
• Show commitment to their education, demonstrates leadership and cares for the community.
• Exhibit financial need due to individual/family hardship.
  
• Planning to enroll in at least 10 credits per quarter/semester in an institute of higher education during the 2025 - 2026 academic year. 
• In order to disseminate funds to as many students as possible, students are eligible for one Sea Mar Scholarship at the undergraduate level, and one Sea Mar Scholarship at the graduate level. 
• This scholarship is open to any student regardless of citizenship status.

Scholarship Amount: $1,000

*For the purpose of awarding this scholarship, Sea Mar's definition of a farmworker is someone whose principal employment is in agriculture, fishery, forestry labor, or dairy labor. It does not include farm, ranch, feedlot, food- or meat-processing, or any owner or child of an owner of an agricultural or dairy business. 

For any questions, contact the Sea Mar Scholarship Office at keniadiaz@seamarchc.org or scholarships@seamarchc.org.

Prior to starting the application, we highly encourage applicants to review the essay questions below and in a separate document, type and save your responses. Once finalized, copy and paste responses into the online application. 

To be considered for this scholarship, you are expected to provide answers to the following four (4) questions: 

Question 1: Briefly tell us about yourself. Include information such as your long- and short-term goals.

Question 2: Pick an experience from your own life as a member of a migrant seasonal farm worker family or year round farm labor and explain how it has influenced who you are and/or the way you see the world.

Question 3: Sea Mar is a community-based organization that provides quality services to diverse communities in all areas of life. What about your community would you like to change or improve and how would you do it?

Question 4: Why do you believe you deserve this scholarship?

Each essay must be a minimum 300 words and max of 500 words.

We highly suggest you write and save your essay responses in a seperate document and when ready to submit, copy and paste into this application.

Give yourself time to fix any formatting errors before submitting.

All applications are to be submitted by April 15, 2025 at 11:59PM PST.

Before submitting, are you sure you:

1. Spelled everything correctly?
2. Uploaded the correct file?
3. Answered all essay questions?

If you have any questions please email keniadiaz@seamarchc.org or scholarships@seamarchc.org. 

By signing (typing your legal name) in the space below, you are certifying that all information is correct and that you are the person completing this application. When you press the submit button, you will receive an email confirmation that your application was received.

Sea Mar Community Health Centers is committed to equal opportunity in employment and education. Sea Mar does not discriminate in any program or activity on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, marital status, or any other protected class.