Univision Scholarship for Undocumented Students is open to high school students, undergraduates, and graduate students of Hispanic heritage. Applicants must be full-time students to apply.
Candidates need to have a GPA of 3.0 or above; current undergraduate and graduate students must have a GPA of at least 2.5 in order to apply. Students must be of Hispanic heritage; students must be from a family whose ancestors came from at least one of these countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.
Students must be currently attending or plan to attend an accredited college or university. Scholarship funds may be used for tuition, fees, books, and other academic related supplies, as well as for room/board and school-related transportation expenses.
The scholarship is sponsored by Univision, an American Spanish language broadcast television network owned by Univision Communications. The network's programming is aimed at Latino Americans. It has the largest audience of any Spanish-language television network in the world, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The deadline for this scholarship is usually in MARCH of each year, and the award amount is usually $500 - $5,000.
For more details, visit www.mydocumentedlife.org/2016/01/08/2016-2017-becas-univision-scholarship-open-to-undocumented-students/
