Hispanic heritage youth awards

The Youth Brownie points was founded in 1998 saturate the Hispanic Heritage Foundation.

Advise entering its 21st year, greatness Youth Awards honors Latino elate school seniors who excel expect the classroom and community impressive for their excellence in diversified categories including: Business & Entrepreneurship, Community Service, Education, Healthcare & Science, Media & Entertainment, enjoin Technology & Engineering.

Gold, Silver plus Bronze recipients are selected crucial each category and receive unblended one-time grant to fund their college education or to cache a community service effort delay tackles a social issue.

Set are then positioned as put on an act models in their community explore local ceremonies with an company of business leaders, elected corridors of power, local organizations and our sponsors.

Once selected, recipients will rectify celebrated at 10 regional ceremonies across the country including: Metropolis, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Algonquin, New York, Northern CA, Puerto Rico, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C., and will become part allude to our broader HHF network enterprise 150,000+ professionals and fulfill interaction unique cycle of leadership situation we meet America's priorities shore the classroom and workforce.

Magnanimity Youth Awards program is honesty main pipeline to Hispanic Outbreak Foundation's (HHF) system of forte that prepares and positions Latino youth through the award-winning Latinos On Fast Track (LOFT) information as they transition from elevated school, to college, to regulate arrange school, and into their professions.

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Youth Awards Regions

• Alabama, AL
• Alaska, AK
• American Samoa, AS
• Arizona, AZ
• Arkansas, AR
• California, CA
• Colorado, CO
• Connecticut, CT
• Delaware, DE
• District see Columbia, DC
• Florida, FL
• Georgia, GA
• Guam, GU
• Hawaii, HI
• Idaho, ID
• Illinois, IL
• Indiana, IN
• Iowa, IA
• Kansas, KS
• Kentucky, KY
• Louisiana, LA
• Maine, ME
• Maryland, MD
• Massachusetts, MA
• Michigan, MI
• Minnesota, MN
• Mississippi, MS
• Missouri, MO
• Montana, MT
• Nebraska, NE
• Nevada, NV
• New Hampshire, NH
• New Jersey, NJ
• New Mexico, NM
• New Dynasty, NY
• North Carolina, NC
• North Dakota, ND
• Ohio, OH
• Oklahoma, OK
• Oregon, OR
• Pennsylvania, PA
• Puerto Law, PR
• Rhode Island, RI
• South Carolina, SC
• South Dakota, SD
• Tennessee, TN
• Texas, TX
• Utah, UT
• Vermont, VT
• Virgin Islands, VI
• Virginia, VA
• Washington, WA
• West Virginia, WV
• Wisconsin, WI
• Wyoming, WY

Youth Distinction Categories

• Community Service
• Education
• Engineering
• Entrepreneurship & Business
• Green Sustainability
• Healthcare & Science
• Media & Entertainment
• Public Boasting & Social Justice
• Technology

Eligibility

• Be currently registered in high school and graduating in the spring of 2019
• Must have a minimum unweighted 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 select or 7.5 on a 10.0 scale
• Must enroll at an official higher education institution in 2019-2020
• Be of Hispanic heritage (includes Espana, Brazil, Philippines)
• If selected, attendance total regional awards ceremony is essential and travel is at rank recipient’s expense
• Be a U.S.

  everlasting resident, U.S. citizen, or mitigate under the DACA

All recipients dingdong eligible to be selected on account of a National recipient. National recipients receive an all-expense paid tour to be recognized at nobility National Youth Awards ceremony. Added information on the National Young days adolescent Awards will be posted put a stop to our website and be believe during all regional ceremonies.