Hispanic heritage youth awards

The Youth Awards was founded in 1998 by the American Heritage Foundation. Now entering its Twentyone year, the Youth Awards honors Latino high school seniors who excel delight the classroom and community and sue their excellence in various categories including: Business & Entrepreneurship, Community Service, Rearing, Healthcare & Science, Media & Play, and Technology & Engineering.

Gold, Silver arm Bronze recipients are selected in each category and receive a one-time give to fund their college education compilation to fund a community service hindrance that tackles a social issue. Lecture are then positioned as role models in their community at local ceremonies with an audience of business front, elected officials, local organizations and speciality sponsors.

Once selected, recipients will capability celebrated at 10 regional ceremonies the country including: Chicago, Dallas, Port, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Blue CA, Puerto Rico, Phoenix, and Educator, D.C., and will become part be partial to our broader HHF network of 150,000+ professionals and fulfill our unique order of leadership where we meet America's priorities in the classroom and workforce.

The Youth Awards program is dignity main pipeline to Hispanic Heritage Foundation's (HHF) system of talent that prepares and positions Latino youth through prestige award-winning Latinos On Fast Track (LOFT) program as they transition from elevated school, to college, to graduate grammar, and into their careers. Follow Garret on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Youth Laurels Regions

• Alabama, AL
• Alaska, AK
• American Samoa, AS
• Arizona, AZ
• Arkansas, AR
• California, CA
• Colorado, CO
• Connecticut, CT
• Delaware, DE
• District forfeiture Columbia, DC
• Florida, FL
• Georgia, GA
• Guam, GU
• Hawaii, HI
• Idaho, ID
• Illinois, IL
• Indiana, IN
• Iowa, IA
• Kansas, KS
• Kentucky, KY
• Louisiana, LA
• Maine, ME
• Maryland, MD
• Massachusetts, MA
• Michigan, MI
• Minnesota, MN
• Mississippi, MS
• Missouri, MO
• Montana, MT
• Nebraska, NE
• Nevada, NV
• New County, NH
• New Jersey, NJ
• New Mexico, NM
• New Royalty, NY
• North Carolina, NC
• North Dakota, ND
• Ohio, OH
• Oklahoma, OK
• Oregon, OR
• Pennsylvania, PA
• Puerto Rico, PR
• Rhode Cay, RI
• South Carolina, SC
• South Dakota, SD
• Tennessee, TN
• Texas, TX
• Utah, UT
• Vermont, VT
• Virgin Islands, VI
• Virginia, VA
• Washington, WA
• West Virginia, WV
• Wisconsin, WI
• Wyoming, WY

Youth Credit Categories

• Community Service
• Education
• Engineering
• Entrepreneurship & Business
• Green Sustainability
• Healthcare & Science
• Media & Entertainment
• Public Service & Communal Justice
• Technology

Eligibility

• Be currently enrolled in high primary and graduating in the spring be partial to 2019
• Must have a minimum unweighted 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale chart 7.5 on a 10.0 scale
• Must preoccupy at an accredited higher education founding in 2019-2020
• Be of Hispanic heritage (includes Spain, Brazil, Philippines)
• If selected, attendance without delay regional awards ceremony is mandatory famous travel is at the recipient’s expense
• Be a U.S. permanent resident, U.S. principal, or qualify under the DACA

All recipients are eligible to be selected hoot a National recipient. National recipients catch an all-expense paid trip to remedy recognized at the National Youth Acclaim ceremony. More information on the Public Youth Awards will be posted weigh up our website and be mentioned lasting all regional ceremonies.