Young Hispanic Leader Scholarship

Barrios Virguez’s Young Hispanic Leader Scholarship offers $2,500 in financial assistance to students anticipating or returning to college. This scholarship celebrates students’ successful development of leadership skills alongside their academic success.

Students submitting their scholarship applications for consideration are encouraged to elaborate on the challenges that their time in a leadership position foisted upon them. Barrios Virguez wants to uphold the efforts of a student who had their abilities, perspective, and/or perseverance challenged while in the service of others.

Application Requirements

The Young Hispanic Leader Scholarship is open to any undergraduate or graduate student who can meet the following criteria:

You have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
You are enrolled in or accepted at an accredited college, university, or graduate school in the United States
You agree to the scholarship terms and conditions
Submit the necessary application materials, including an unofficial transcript and scholarship essay

How Do I Apply?

Please review the eligibility requirements carefully and then craft an essay on the scholarship topic provided below.

Once your essay is complete:

Fill out the application form on this page
Upload a copy of your unofficial transcript
Upload a copy of your scholarship essay
Submit proof of enrollment/acceptance to an accredited college/ university/ graduate school (Student ID; Letter of acceptance; etc.)

Scholarship Essay Topic

To apply for the scholarship, please share a chapter of your life in which you took on a leadership role (as a basketball captain, volunteering leader, dance group leader, etc.). Write a 1,000-1,500 word essay about your experience, in which you address the following points:

What were some of the main challenges you faced in your journey, and how did you overcome them?
Which are the most valuable lessons you learned from this experience?
And last, but not least, how did the experience influence your educational and/or professional aspirations?

These questions are meant as guiding prompts. We encourage you to elaborate beyond these points in your application.

For your essay to be eligible please include the following:

A header where you mention your full name; the name of the scholarship; the name of the institution you are enrolled in; the mailing address from your financial aid office where we can mail the award; the e-mail address and phone number from your financial aid office; the student ID number.
A catchy and original title.
The essay must be well structured.
A bibliography where you mention all the sources of information used (eg: books, sites; articles, magazines, reports, etc.)
Citations

Once finished, please make sure that you save your essay in PDF format and name it by using the following example, “Barrios Virguez’s Young Hispanic Leader Scholarship – Student Name”.

Application Deadline

The new deadline to apply is December 30, 2024.

Applications received after the deadline will not be taken into consideration.

After the deadline, all submissions will be reviewed by our scholarship selection committee. Depending on the number of applications we receive, the decision process can take anywhere from one to three months.

We regret that, for legal reasons, we are unable to accept calls, emails, or other communication regarding the scholarship, or answer any questions, other than those submitted here. All the necessary details about this scholarship can be found above. We will make sure to contact you in case we need any further information.

Terms & Conditions

The Young Hispanic Leader Scholarship is awarded annually by Barrios Virguez.

Young Hispanic Leader Scholarship

All applicants to this scholarship must meet the eligibility requirements as laid out on the scholarship application page, including:

Applicant must be enrolled at a college, university, or graduate school
Applicant must be at least 18 years old at the age of enrollment
Applicant must have residency in the United States OR proof of work/school authorization
Applicant must be in good academic standing
Applicant must submit some personal information, including name, contact information, proof of enrollment
Applicant must author an original essay on the scholarship essay topic provided
Applicant must detail their experience in a leadership position and the challenges related to their service in a 1,000 to 1,500-word essay

Anyone who meets the following conditions is NOT eligible to apply:

Employees or children of employees of the Young Hispanic Leader Scholarship
Past recipients of the Young Hispanic Leader Scholarship
Applicants who are unable/unwilling to be interviewed by a representative of Barrios Virguez if they were to be awarded a scholarship
Applicants who submit the same essay for multiple scholarships

Selection & Award Notification Process

All applications must be received before the deadline supplied on the application page. Incomplete applications or those received after the submission deadline will not be considered.

A scholarship selection committee will evaluate applications. Age, race, religion, gender, national origin, familial status, or other protected classes will have no influence on the committee’s decision.

Due to legal reasons and the high volume of applications we receive, we are not able to answer any questions regarding your application status nor will we be able to provide individual notification to non-winners.

The winners of the Scholarship will be notified via email and an announcement will be made on Barrios Virguez’s blog as well as via a press release.

The Scholarship award will be mailed directly to the student’s college or university. Instructions for mailing the check will be requested at the time of the award.

Privacy Statement

Your personal information will not be given, sold, or distributed to third parties.

We reserve the right to use the winners’ names and photos in any announcement or communication related to the Scholarships, on Barrios Virguez’s website, in marketing materials, or in social media posts.

By submitting your application, you agree to our public use of your name and image.

Previous Winners

2023 was the first year we offered our annual Young Hispanic Leader Scholarship, but future winners (maybe even you!) will be listed here. All winners will be interviewed for an announcement blog post and press release.