Tequio Scholarship

MICOP is offering three scholarship types:

1. Tequio Scholarship: For Indigenous students attending college or university.
2. MICOP Edison Scholarship: For Indigenous STEM students attending a 4-year university.
3. GCHP Behavioral Wellness Scholarship Fund: For Indigenous students or those from farmworking families pursuing studies in behavioral health and committed to providing direct services in Ventura County after graduation.

*The scholarship committee will review all applications and determine scholarship amounts based on eligibility and quality of application. Please see the eligibility criteria below.

TEQUIO SCHOLARSHIP FUND ELIGIBILITY:

(Previous scholarship recipients are encouraged to apply)

• Open to students of Mexican Indigenous background.
• Students must reside in or have recently resided in Ventura County, Santa Barbara County, or San Luis Obispo County.
• Open to high school seniors (class of 2025), or current, community college, or university students. This scholarship opportunity is open to students navigating their educational journey “non-traditionally.”
• Students must be enrolled or planning to enroll in the Fall 2025 semester in college, university, or trade school (part- or full-time).
• Undocumented, AB540, DACA, and US citizens are eligible.

 

MICOP’S EDISON SCHOLARSHIP FUND ELIGIBILITY:  

(MUST meet the following requirements)

• Student must meet the requirements for the Tequio Scholarship plus the following:
• Be a STEM major in the following fields: computer and information systems, engineering, engineering technology, management information systems, mathematics, natural resources and conservation, and physical sciences.
• Enrolled or planning to enroll full-time at a four-year university and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for the academic year 2024-2025. (Applicants for this scholarship must be full-time students)

 

TEQUIO GCHP SCHOLARSHIP FUND ELIGIBILITY:

(Previous scholarship recipients are encouraged to apply)

• Must be enrolled in a behavioral health or wellness program, from certificate to doctoral level (e.g., Community Health Worker, Peer Support Specialist, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, LMFT, LPCC, LCSW, LEP, Psychiatrist), Speech/Language, Occupational and Physical therapy for Autism.
• Self-identify as being from a Mexican Indigenous background (e.g., Mixteco, Zapoteco, Purepecha,
• Triqui, Otomi, Huave, Nahua) and/or from a farm-working family or background.
• Students must reside in or have recently resided in Ventura County.
• Open to high school seniors (class of 2025), or current, community college, or university students.
• This scholarship opportunity is open to students navigating their educational journey “non-traditionally”.
• Lived experience with Behavioral Health/substance use concerns
• Previous scholarship recipients are given preference.
• Students must be enrolled or planning to enroll in the Spring 2025 semester in college, university, or trade school (part- or full-time).
• Undocumented, AB540, DACA, and U.S. citizens are eligible.