“Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference.”
-Claire Fagin
DOLLARS GIVEN IN SCHOLARSHIPS
STUDENTS LIFE CHANGED
“Making a Difference” Medical Scholarship
Scholarships are available for deserving Latin-American current or future medical and/or college students from (or new to) the North Texas Region seeking a healthcare profession in medicine.
Up to six (6) $2,000 scholarships and individual certificates are awarded every year to up to six (6) future or current medical students selected by the NTLAPA Scholarship Committee.
The DEADLINE for scholarship applications is June 15, 2024, with no exceptions.
Refer to the application process below for eligibility requirements and a list of the supporting documents needed (i.e., reference forms, evidence of GPA, etc.) Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Please read each question carefully. You will be notified by mail on or about June 30th, 2024, regarding the status of your application.
If any question does not apply to you in this application, please put N/A in the space.
If you have any questions about the application, please call the NTLAPA office at (214) 457-9378 or email us at NTLAPA@live.com.
"NTLAPA has provided me with a sense of community."
“I was fortunate to be awarded their scholarship, along with mentoring opportunities, and amazing role model. They share my passion for helping the Hispanic community in Dallas. I look forward to becoming a member of NTLAPA when I become a physician.”
Alejandro Rodriguez, 2019 Recipient
Medical student at UT Southwestern
Co-president of the Latino Medical Student Association at UT Southwestern
“I wanted to thank you for the scholarship I received and for the support I have received from this organization. With all your help I will be able to continue my education at Texas A&M University and then in medical school”
– Sofia Ponce, 2022 Recipient
“I am honored to have received the “Make a difference” Underclassman Scholarship. This will drastically help me achieve my goals in the medical field and motivates me to continue to work hard.”
-Fernanda Herreria, 2022 Recipient
Criteria
Applicant Must Be:
a) enrolled or will be enrolled at UTSW or UNTHSC in the 2024-2025 fall school year, or
b) a college student or resident from the North Texas Region who will be enrolled or is enrolled in a Medical School in Texas in the 2024-2025 fall school year.
NOTE: North Texas Region area
includes the following counties: Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Franklin, Erath, Hood, Hunt, Grayson, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro,
Palo Pinto, Parker, Red River, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise).
If you feel you are eligible for other geographical reasons, please contact us.
Qualifications:
You or your family (parents, grandparents) must be descended from at least one of the following countries:
Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Cuba, Puerto Rico, or the Dominican Republic. Students from Brazil are eligible to apply.
However, if you feel you are eligible for other reasons, please contact us.
Community involvement:
Applicant must demonstrate positive-impact involvement consistent with capacity and circumstances, significant improvement and success in scholarship, and community involvement, determined through letters of recommendation.
Application Process
Step 1: College/High School Record
Direct from your school, a Summary Profile Sheet and Record of High School/College Work or a recent official college and/or medical school transcript with cumulative GPA and a class standing/rank. Emailed to NTLAPA@Live.com.
Step 2: Letters of Recommendation
Two (2) letters of recommendations from your choice of professors/teachers, administrators, counselors, employers, or professional individuals with significant knowledge of the applicant’s experience and involvement. Please upload your Letters into a dropbox or google drive. You will paste the link in your application.
Step 3: Personal Essay
In your essay, please answer the question, “How have you made a positive difference?”. You will paste your essay in the online application form.
Step 4: Online Application Form
Now that you have your required documents read, fill out the application form online here.
Past Scholarship Recipients
I am so grateful for being selected as a recipient of this scholarship! Thank you so much; this will be a great help towards school this year.
-JOSE HERRERIA
2020-2021 Recipient
As a Latino medical student, it’s reassuring to know that I have the full support of the Latino community by having the opportunity to apply to the NTLAPA scholarship. Out of the many obstacles that students can face while on their path to pursue higher education, the financial burden can be one of the biggest ones. The NTLAPA scholarship will help me leap over one of the many obstacles left on my path to attain my MD.
-BENJAMIN MONTAÑEZ
2019 Recipient
I want to give my greatest appreciation to NTLAPA in awarding me a scholarship for my undergraduate education at Texas A&M University. College is a time where I will develop my identity, goals, and education pointing to the importance it is to maintain a grip of my Hispanic ethnicity, suggesting that this award highlights the importance of NTLAPA as it continues to support students like me. I am thrilled to learn of my selection and it will be my honor to maintain the privilege of being a Hispanic student in Texas.
-EMILY CALDERON
2021-2022 Recipient
I am honored to have been selected to receive this “Making a Difference” scholarship from NTLAPA among so many talented applicants. This scholarship shows how the medical community supports current medical students in North Texas to pursue their dreams and ultimately will allow me to become one step closer to becoming a physician to work with underserved patient populations. In the future, I want to continue this legacy to give back to my community and help aspiring pre-med and medical students as others have done for me.
-MARIA G RUIZ
2019 Recipient
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ABOUT NTLAPA
We are a charitable organization supporting students in medical and medically related education as well as those educational programs primarily in North Texas; support medically related relief for the poor, the distressed, and the underprivileged.
CONTACT:
P.O. Box 2362 Frisco, TX 75034
214-457-9378
ntlapa@live.com