Scholarship Program Overview

In 1997, the Alhambra Latino Association developed a scholarship program that would award one deserving senior from each of the high schools in the Alhambra School District (Alhambra High, Independence High, Mark Keppel High and San Gabriel High) with a scholarship towards their higher education. With the generous donations of members, donors and supporters ALA has helped many talented Latinx youth on their way to college. The application process is easy!
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Dora S. Padilla Memorial Arts Scholarship
ALA is proud to offer an additional scholarship for students interested in the arts. This scholarship defines the arts broadly as performance (music, dance, theater), literary efforts (writing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, podcasts) and the visual (painting, sculpture, video, film). Applicants do not have to have plans to pursue careers in the arts, but can include in their application essay how being involved in the arts has helped to shape them.

Brian N. Tatsuno Memorial Career Tech Scholarship
ALA is proud to offer a Career Tech Scholarship for students interested in a technical career. This scholarship defines technical career trades as (including but not limited to) mechanical, electrical, plumbing, welding and carpentry. Applicants are required to have plans to pursue a technical trades career, and should include that in their application essay.

*New* EmpowerHER STEM Scholarship
ALA is also proud to offer a STEM Scholarship. This scholarship encourages females to explore, excel, and lead as innovators and changemakers in their communities and beyond. Applicants are required to have plans to pursue a career in a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) field, and should include that in their application essay.

​Dora S. Padilla Memorial Arts Scholarship
​Dora Padilla, an ALA founder and longtime district board member, was a strong supporter of the arts, and this scholarship recognizes students who have excelled in the performing, literary or visual arts.

We would like to thank the Pasadena Star News and Robert Morales for their amazing article about the Dora S. Padilla Memorial Arts Scholarship. ​Click here to read the article.

Brian N. Tatsuno Memorial Career Tech Scholarship
Brian Tatsuno was a community supporter. He loved lowrider cars, was very creative and handy with tools. This scholarship is for students interested in a technical career, which include but are not limited to: electrical, plumbing, welding, and carpentry.

EmpowerHER STEM Scholarship
Founded by two passionate first-generation Latina college graduates—a math professor and a program evaluator for STEM initiatives—EmpowerHER embodies their commitment to reshaping the future of STEM. Having been mentored and supported by women who paved the way, they now strive to pay it forward, creating a pathway for the next generation of women in STEM. 

​The EmpowerHER STEM Scholarship is dedicated to inspiring and equipping young women to pursue degrees and careers in STEM, with a special focus on those engaged in and committed to pathways in engineering and mathematics. By providing essential support, this scholarship aims to close the gender gap in STEM—particularly for women from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds—encouraging girls to explore, excel, and lead as innovators and changemakers in their communities and beyond. 
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Our 2022 scholarship recipients (from left to right):
San Gabriel HS - Chelsea Macías
Mark Keppel HS - Isaías Martínez
Dora S. Padilla Arts - Sandra López, San Gabriel HS
Brian N. Tatsuno Career Tech - Kevin Velásquez, Alhambra HS
Brian N. Tatsuno Arts - Katelyn Wong, Mark Keppel HS
BOLD Academy - Isaiah Martínez, San Gabriel HS
Alhambra HS - Nicole Tenorio
Independence HS - Kevin Garcés