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2023 Cardenas Foundation Scholarship Awards Event

Jun 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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