Achieve Your Dream of Becoming a Healthcare Professional
The American Heart Association and Macy’s proudly announce the Go Red For Women Multicultural Scholarship, the first college scholarship dedicated to increasing the number of Hispanics in the healthcare profession.
Hispanic/Latino Health Disparities and Barriers to Care
According to the CDC, factors that contribute to poor health outcomes among Hispanics/Latinos include language and cultural barriers, lack of access to preventative care and lack of health insurance. Having a diverse physician workforce is a critical component in making care available to those who need it most.
The lack of diversity of medical students and healthcare professionals coupled with ineffective cultural competency training continues to produce treatment environments that are biased and contribute to health disparities. Data from the American Medical Association suggests that although racial and ethnic minorities comprise 26% of the U.S. population, roughly only 6% of practicing physicians are Latino, African American and Native American.
Goals
- To educate Latinas about their risk of cardiovascular disease.
- To encourage Latinas to pursue careers in healthcare and infuse the industry with bicultural professionals.
- To inspire health professionals to address racial and ethnic disparities early in their careers.
- To introduce Latinas to the American Heart Association and its mission, and recruit the next generation of leaders.
Awards
College scholarships of $2,500 for first and second year college students who meet all other scholarship requirements.
Requirements
Eligible applicants must meet the following criteria.
- United States citizen or permanent resident
- Female of Hispanic Heritage
- Attending an accredited college or university in New York, currently freshman or sophomore
- Interest in a healthcare profession
- Minimum 2.8 cumulative grade point average
- Recipients will be required to fulfill 10 hours of community service during year of funding (coordinated by the American Heart Association)
Instructions
Carefully read entire application and additional requirements prior to completing.
- Applications can be typed, or legibly handwritten in blue or black ink.
- All supporting documents must be included with the application as one package. Incomplete applications will be disqualified.
- Applications must be postmarked on or before May 15, 2009.
- Applications should be mailed to:
American Heart Association
Go Red Scholarship Committee
c/o Damaris Lasa
122 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10168
Awards
Scholarship recipients will be notified no later than June 15, 2009. No prior acknowledgments are made to any applicant. All notifications are final. Funds may be used for tuition, books and fees.
Applications must be postmarked on or before May 15, 2009.
Download the application
See the poster
Made possible by Macy's Multicultural fund
For more information and an application email GoRedScholarship@heart.org
Updated 04/23/2009
Go Red and Go Red For Women are trademarks of AHA. The Red Dress design is a trademark of U.S. DHHS.
