SCHOLARSHIPS
Meet our 2025 Scholarship Recipient: Ammerica Barraza Saucedo
2025 Scholarship Recipient Testimonial:
"I am honored to be a recipient of the 2025 SCGC Scholarship. As a first generation Latina in STEM and first time applicant, navigating the application process has been difficult. With the help of this scholarship, I was able to focus on preparing a strong application rather than worrying about the financial burden. I’ve chosen to focus on applying to programs that nurture my interest in offering accessible care to Spanish speaking patients. Like SCGC, I aim to increase patient access to genetic services through learning how communities like my own navigate accessing genetic counseling, whether through interpreter services or with a family member serving as an interpreter and advocate. Being chosen as a scholarship recipient serves as an affirmation in my path as a genetic counselor. I am equally grateful to all my mentors and colleagues in the field. Their support has fueled my commitment to changing the healthcare landscape, that is making it more equitable and joining the 4% of Spanish speaking genetic counselors."
SCGC Prospective Genetic Counseling Student Scholarship Eligibility:
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Current Southern California resident or previous Southern California resident within the last 6 years. [Please note that Southern California includes the following counties: Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernadino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura]
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2. Applying in current cycle; please note that NMS Match Code number must be provided in the application
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3. Has never received the SCGC Prospective Student Scholarship before
Scholarship Objectives:
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Support prospective students in their application, matching fees or future genetic counseling graduate school related costs
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Encourage all types of diversity in the genetic counseling field
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Build upon and support the local Southern California community
Description:
The SCGC Prospective Genetic Counseling Student Scholarship was created to help promote diversity in genetic counseling in the Southern California region by reducing financial barriers of applying to genetic counseling graduate programs. Applicants are eligible if they are current or recent Southern California residents (resided in Southern CA within the last 6 calendar years) and are applying to genetic counseling graduate programs in the current cycle.
Timeline:
Applications are due October 31st, 2025 and recipients will be notified via email by the end of the calendar year.
Please click the link below to access the 2025 Scholarship Application.