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:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 farmworker is someone whose principal employment is in agriculture, dairy labor, fishery or forestry 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: Pick an experience from your own life as a member of a migrant seasonal farm worker family (includes fishery and forestry industries) or year round farm labor and explain how it has influenced who you are and/or the way you see the world

Question 2: What advice would you give to students from your high school about college? What about college has changed the person you were in high school?

Question 3: Why do you consider yourself a good candidate for this scholarship and what makes you unique from the rest of the students applying for this scholarship?

Question 4: Sea Mar is a community based non-profit that specializes in providing quality service to diverse communities. What do you see yourself doing three years from now to impact your community?

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, 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.