Gracia Molina de Pick Chicana and Chicano Studies Department Memorial Scholarship

UPDATED 2025/2026

This annual memorial scholarship will be awarded to students that major in Chicana and Chicano Studies at San Diego Mesa College and who self-identify as a Chicana/o feminist.

To be considered for this scholarship you:

  • Must have a 2.5 (C+) GPA
  • Must demonstrate service to others
  • Must demonstrate leadership
  • Must major in one of the following areas:
    Chicana and Chicano Studies

 


Award funds will be disbursed:
Immediate release of full award (May)

Award
$500
Deadline
02/17/2026
Supplemental Questions
  1. 2025: Your Educational Journey. Please share the following: The educational journey that led you to Mesa, including what you did before coming here and what made you decide to enroll at Mesa. Your future goals, including what you plan to do after graduation from Mesa and what your long-term career and educational goals are. Why you chose your major or field of study. You do not need to include every detail, but please try to address each part of the question (your goals, challenges overcome, and what it would mean to you). (500 words)
  2. 2025: Resiliency Question. Please share the following: How you have exhibited resiliency in your life. Specific examples of a challenge or challenges that you have overcome. How this scholarship will have a meaningful impact on your educational journey. You do not need to include every detail, but please try to address each part of the question (your goals, challenges overcome, and what it would mean to you). (500 words)
  3. 2025: Community Service. Please share your experience regarding ways you give back to your community, this may include volunteerism, or helping out with family, friends, church, etc. (500 words)
  4. 2025: Leadership. Please describe your individual leadership style and discuss a specific incident or event where its characteristics demonstrated beneficial service to the campus or your community. Additionally, define what that service has meant to you. (500 words)
  5. 2025: Please provide a summary of leadership/service leadership in the areas of women’s rights and feminist social causes in the community and/or on campus related to the Chicanos/Latinos community.
  6. 2025: Please discuss how taking courses in Chicana/o Studies and/or being a Chicana/o Studies major at San Diego Mesa College has helped to influence your educational goals.
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