2025 LATA SF Student Scholarship

Our priority is to support students who don’t have access to traditional grants and scholarships (Dreamers welcomed). We will award scholarships from $500 to $3000 for students enrolling in a four-year college or university, a community college or a trade school.

Scholarships Now Open!

Who’s Eligible for this scholarship?

  1. Must be an SFUSD high school senior or have attended an SFUSD school.
  2. Must be of Latino heritage.
  3. Must explain financial need.
  4. Must demonstrate a commitment to a college education.
  5. Must demonstrate leadership in your community and commitment to give back to your community.

Scholarship’s Priority Criteria

  1. Be a “Dreamer”.
  2. Financial need (not as likely to get other scholarships).
  3. Community service & commit­ment to give back.
  4. Southeastern quadrant.
  5. First in family to go to college.
  6. Academics…especially if has faced challenges and struggled!

To apply for the scholarship:

  1. A completed application (See attachment).
  2. A Personal Statement (See application), Everything can be written in Spanish or English.
  3. Two letters of recommendation (only 1 page each) from SFUSD staff, and one can be from mentors/supervisors from a community organization in which you participate. Ask them to please limit it to one page. It does not need to be sealed nor confidential.
  4. A copy of your most current high school transcript (official not needed)
  5. A photograph (Any photo is fine. If you get a scholarship we will ask for a good one.)

Timeline each school year:

1st Friday in March – We must have the application. We will notify you the result about 4 weeks later.


1st Friday in May – Scholarship Dinner/Dance Celebration (if COVID is under control).

During this event, the recipients and their families will be honored. Each recipient will enter free and will receive one other free ticket.

Apply Online

  • Open Google form
  • Fill all components of application
  • Submit Google form with all components of application uploaded as PDF (force copy of application)
Apply Online (English)
Apply Online (Spanish)

Apply By Mail

  • Print
  • Fill in information
  • Mail to 333 Clipper St. SF 94114
Download Application

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Our mission is to promote a bilingual, biliterate and bicultural education for the advancement of Latino students and teachers in San Francisco through events such as family conference, a college fair, scholarships for college, and an education summit.

LATA SF is a 501c non-profit that serves Latin American Students and teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Donate today!

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