Scholarships

Application available November 1, 2024

Application available November 1, 2024

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General Eligibility Requirements

The HEEF Scholarship Program considers applicants based on a combination of financial need, academic achievement and involvement in extracurricular activities, community volunteer work, work-employment and home life.

All applications are submitted online – click on “Apply for a HEEF Scholarship” to go to the application site. Complete ONE application for the HEEF Scholarship Program to be considered for all of the subfund partner scholarships!

  • Must be of Hispanic heritage
  • First-generation college student
  • An OC high school graduate or community college transfer student planning to enroll full-time at a four-year college or university
  • Latino/a who has lived in Orange County, California for the past three years
  • Demonstrate financial need through the completion of a FAFSA or CA Dream Act Application
HEEF welcomes students who are undocumented

Application available November 1, 2024

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2024 Scholarship Recipients

In 2024, HEEF awarded $238,000 across 19 scholarship funds to 57 talented and deserving students.

2024 HEEF Scholars represent 30 high schools across 12 high school districts and five community colleges in Orange County.

HEEF:Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
Cage Gonzalez
Ashley Avalos
HEEF- Edison International Scholarship
Barbara Rodas Maldonado
David Juarez-Garcia
Diego Valencia
Mitzela Morales
Tiffany Aguilar
Victor Lozada Jr.
Ethan Furlong
Scaret Figueroa
Alvarado Smith Scholarship
Summer Sanchez-Cornejo
Jessica Barron
Cintya Felix
Hispanic Architecture and Engineering Scholarship
Luis Tlachi
Noe Viera
HEEF:Friends of Cal State Fullerton/ Richard Bermudez Scholarship
Diana Ortiz
Genesis Cardel
Helen Reyes
Yasmin Vazquez Gamez
HEEF: National Hispanic Business Women's Association Scholarship
Nataly Isabel Lopez
Eleonor Garcia
Francisca Meda Lopez
HEEF: Mike Carona Foundation Elvira Gutierrez
Melany Arizmendi
HEEF: Hispanic Bar Association of OC Wallace (Wally) R. Davis Memorial Scholarship
Christian Valenzuela-Cabral Joshuel Calderon
Astrid Fabiola Cardona
Brandon Martinez
Claudia Diaz Martinez
HispanicEducation Endowment Fund (HEEF) Scholarship
Gia Santolalla
Natalie Lopez
Yadira Sanchez Molina
Alexa Diaz
Dania Arteaga
Diego Victoria
Eddy Duran
Johnathan Ruiz
Katherine Alderete
Lizbeth De La Cruz
Manuel Ruelas
Rebeca Ortega
Sophia Pinon

HEEF: Eisner Foundation Scholarship
Allan Gomez
HEEF: Santa Ana College/ENLACE Scholarship

Monica Navarro
HEEF: Lara Family Scholarship
Diana Ruvalcaba
Izack Padilla
HEEF: Henry T. Nicholas III Foundation  Scholarship
Mia Gonzalez
HEEF: Fernando & Olga Niebla  Scholarship
Josef Robles
Camila Sanhueza
HEEF: Friends of the University of California, Irvine  Scholarship
Andrea Mora
Beatriz Palacios
HEEF: Vanguard University Scholarship
Alejandra Rodriguez
Brenda Duran-Velazco
HEEF: Angel and Rosemary Varela Scholarship
Javier Campos Ortiz
HEEF: Wells Fargo Scholarship
Briza Contreras
HEEF: Sandra Y. Cervantes Scholarship
Jaquelin Salgado
HEEF - Students With Vision Foundation Scholarship
Janeth Beltran

View HISTORICAL LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS