Marie A. Calderilla Scholarship

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

This scholarship is for women who are graduating high school seniors or re-entry students planning to attend a college in the San Mateo County Community College District (Cañada College, San Mateo Community College and Skyline Community College) pursuing first undergraduate degrees or certificate programs. This scholarship is awarded based on applicants' academic promise, demonstration of a commitment to completing a degree or certificate program or to increasing their work skills, and personal characteristics such as honesty, good judgment and perseverance. Applicants must demonstrate financial hardship and be serious about improving their lives through education, and be US citizens or eligible non-citizens (eligible non-citizens include United States legal residents and AB 540 students).