The Latino/a Educational Achievement Project Scholarship provides financial support for students who demonstrate advocacy, accountability, perseverance, and have shown a commitment to improving their community.

To be eligible to apply, an applicant must:

• Be enrolled/planning to enroll in at least 10 credits per quarter/semester in an institute of higher education during the 2026 - 2027 academic year.
• Demonstrate advocacy, accountability, and perserverance.
• Show commitment to improving their community.
• Exhibit financial need due to individual/family hardship.
• 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: $2,500

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 five (5) questions:

Question 1: Describe a personal experience that has defined who you are and impacted your character?

Question 2: How are you involved in your community and/or school through leadership or service activities?

Question 3: Describe an event in history that you would change and what would be the outcome of that change?

Question 4: Identify an influential leader, who's characteristics you would like to mirror? What makes them a good leader and why were they so influential?

Question 5: Describe a time in your life you have had to overcome adversity?

Each essay must be a minimum of 300 words and a 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, 2026 at 11:59PM PST.

Before submitting, are you sure you:

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

For 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 on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, marital status, or any other protected class.