The Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley (HFSV) is dedicated to empowering the lives and futures of Latinos in Silicon Valley through community philanthropy, investment in educational excellence, leadership development, and the convening and engaging of the region’s dynamic Hispanic community. The Latinos in Technology Scholarship was established by the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley, a public foundation dedicated to inspiring community philanthropy and engaging people to invest in the educational achievement and leadership development of a thriving Hispanic community in Silicon Valley.

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The Latinos in Technology Scholarship supports Latino college students in 3 ways: Financial. We financially support third and fourth-year Latino students who have declared a major in a STEM-related field at a 4-year university with scholarships of up to $10,000 renewable for up to three years. Professional Development. All of our Latinos in Technology scholars have the opportunity to participate in our Career Launch Academy, Conexiones Mentorship Program, and other career prep and professional skill building workshops to develop themselves as young professionals. Internship Access. We actively work to pipeline our scholars into summer internship programs with our investors.

• Must be of Latino or Hispanic origin
• Have a declared major in and been accepted into a STEM program
• Students with the following enrollment statuses are eligible to apply:
• Current college students entering their junior or senior year at a 4-year undergraduate college or university in the upcoming academic school year and planning to enroll on a full-time or part-time basis. Preference will be given to full-time and rising junior students.
• Current community college students transferring to a 4-year undergraduate college or university in the upcoming academic school year and planning to enroll on a full-time or part-time basis. Preference will be given to full-time students and students with sufficient course credits to be classified as a rising junior (60 semester units or 90 quarter units).
• Graduate of a high school in the following Northern California counties: Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, San Francisco County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, Solano County, Sonoma County and Yolo County;
• OR, a Graduate of a high school not in the above counties, but enrolled at a college/university within the 11 listed counties.
• Minimum cumulative college grade point average of 3.0
• Demonstrated financial need