2023 Cardenas Foundation Scholarship Awards Event
June 30, 2023
FundaMental Change has partnered with the Andrés y María Cárdenas Family Foundation since 2019 to offer academic scholarships annually to eligible college students who have experienced a mental health condition within themselves or their loved ones or who are pursuing a mental health related field of study.
The 2023 recipient information is below:
- Two Graduate Students - $3,000 (Each)
- University of Chicago - Masters in Social Work
- University of California, San Diego - Sociology Doctorate
- One Undergraduate Student - $2,000
- Accepted to CSU Northridge, Dominguez Hills, and Fullerton - Psychology
- One Community College Student - $750
- College of the Canyons (Pending at UCLA) - Nursing
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