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Welcome to LAWA's
Scholarship Application 
Portal

You can submit your application starting December 14th until March 16th, 2025
 

**Before you apply make sure you meet the following requirements:

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Renewal Scholarship Application:

Only LAWA Scholarship recipients can apply for the LAWA Renewal Scholarship Application. Your renewal will be based on the completion of the Renewal Scholarship Application, GPA, the completion of your 3 LAWA volunteer hours, and your attendances to 2 College Hacks by March 8th.

New Youth Scholarship Application:

1) Be of Hispanic origin: Any student of Hispanic origin, defined as the heritage nationality, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person’s parents or ancestors before arriving in the United States (U.S. Census Bureau  www.census.gov/topics/population/about.html)
2) 
Be a high school graduate or have graduated within the 2024-2025 academic year.
3) Student’s permanent residence located in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell or Union counties.

Gap Year Scholarship Application:

1) Students looking to enroll full-time in post-secondary education who graduated high school between 2022-2024.
2) Any student of Hispanic origin, defined as the heritage nationality, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person’s parents or ancestors before arriving in the United States (U.S. Census Bureau
www.census.gov/topics/population/about.html 
3) The student’s permanent residence is in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell or Union Counties.
4) The student will need to submit proof of enrollment (full-time) to an accredited vocational school, college or university as a full-time student and has not received a LAWA Scholarship before. 

5) The student must submit proof of enrollment to an accredited vocational school, college or university as a full-time student and has not received a LAWA Scholarship before. 

Currently Enrolled Scholarship Application:

1) Students currently enrolled full-time in post-secondary education.
2) Be 
of Hispanic origin, defined as the heritage nationality, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person’s parents or ancestors before arriving in the United States (U.S. Census Bureau  www.census.gov/topics/population/about.html).
3) Graduated high school or early middle college within the last three years.
4) Student’s permanent residence located in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell or Union counties.
5) The student is currently enrolled in an accredited vocational school, college or university as a full-time student and has not received a LAWA Scholarship before. 

Throughout our organization's materials the word "Latino(s)" will be used as the term to recognize and describe all of those who identify with Spanish heritage. All of those being a) Latino/a which refers to people who identify as descendants from Latin America and speak Spanish; b) Hispanic in which the word refers to people who speak Spanish and have descended from Spanish speaking populations; and c) Latinx which refers to people choosing to use term that is gender-neutral and an alternative to Latino, Latina, and Hispanic. 

Contact Us

P.O. Box 78150

Charlotte, NC 28271

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704.552.1003

lawa@lawanc.org

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