To Empower Our Youth
Cecilia Montaner-Vargas Award
The Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County announces the opportunity for a Latina/o graduating high school senior and for a Latina/o nontraditional student to be awarded a scholarship totaling $800. This scholarship is to be used towards any future academic or occupational training program.
Interested students must complete all sections of the attached application. Instructions for applicants and the deadline are listed below.
ELIGIBILITY - The Latino Civic Association will consider:
• High School student - Latino/a senior in good academic standing, who demonstrate community service involvement and who are graduating from any Tompkins County school district at the end of the 2019 school year; and
• Nontraditional student - Latino/a who demonstrate community service involvement and who is returning to school, whether for an occupational training program or for college.
Interested students must complete all sections of the attached application. Instructions for applicants and the deadline are listed below.
ELIGIBILITY - The Latino Civic Association will consider:
• High School student - Latino/a senior in good academic standing, who demonstrate community service involvement and who are graduating from any Tompkins County school district at the end of the 2019 school year; and
• Nontraditional student - Latino/a who demonstrate community service involvement and who is returning to school, whether for an occupational training program or for college.
You may submit
By email:
By email:
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Please send the complete application to:
lcaoftompkinscounty@gmail.com Note: Reference letters and other required documents must be scanned and attached as a .pdf document if the submittal is emailed. Pdfs must be no larger than 5 MB. 2021 Deadline for submission: To Be Announced. |
Or by mail:
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Please send the complete application to:
Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County PO Box 6532 Ithaca, NY 14851 Note: Required documents, including reference letters, must be sent to this address. Please provide it to your letter writers when you request a reference from them. 2021 Deadline for submission: To Be Announced. |
Previous Winners
2010
Angela Ochoa (University of Vermont)
2011
Brendalise Rosado (Tompkins Cortland Community College)
Maia Rodriguez Semp (Brandeis University)
2012
Austin Nielsen-Reagan (Middlebury College, Harvard Law School in progress)
Marisol E. Solomon
2013
Julia de Aragon (New College of Florida, Vanderbilt Peabody College M.Ed.)
Savan de Souza (Skidmore College)
2014
Vanessa Navarro (Cornell University, University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. in progress)
2015
Olivia Colón (Swarthmore College)
2018
Joaquin Fontanez-Vargas (University at Buffalo)
Charles Thomson (Ithaca College)
2019
Karimah Adib (SUNY Buffalo)
Jasmine Cuevas (SUNY Binghamton)
2020
Evelyn Ochoa (University at Buffalo)
2010
Angela Ochoa (University of Vermont)
2011
Brendalise Rosado (Tompkins Cortland Community College)
Maia Rodriguez Semp (Brandeis University)
2012
Austin Nielsen-Reagan (Middlebury College, Harvard Law School in progress)
Marisol E. Solomon
2013
Julia de Aragon (New College of Florida, Vanderbilt Peabody College M.Ed.)
Savan de Souza (Skidmore College)
2014
Vanessa Navarro (Cornell University, University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. in progress)
2015
Olivia Colón (Swarthmore College)
2018
Joaquin Fontanez-Vargas (University at Buffalo)
Charles Thomson (Ithaca College)
2019
Karimah Adib (SUNY Buffalo)
Jasmine Cuevas (SUNY Binghamton)
2020
Evelyn Ochoa (University at Buffalo)
Office
110 N Tioga St., 2nd floor Ithaca, NY 14850 Please send correspondence to P. O. Box 6532 Ithaca, NY 14851 |
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© 2016 Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County | Ithaca, NY | Last updated: November 2020