APIA Scholars has
been making college
dreams come true
FOR DESERVING ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICANS
SINCE 2003. LEARN HOW WE DO IT AND FIND OUT HOW YOU
CAN HELP!
APIA Scholars has
been making college
dreams come true
FOR DESERVING ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICANS
SINCE 2003. LEARN HOW WE DO IT AND FIND OUT HOW YOU
CAN HELP!
SINCE 2003. LEARN HOW WE DO IT AND FIND OUT HOW YOU
CAN HELP!
Latest Events
Young Professionals Conference
The inaugural Young Professionals Conference is a national program designed to provide APIA Scholars and Alumni an opportunity to cultivate leadership and professional skills, access industry networks, deepen relationships within the Scholar community, and learn how to address societal challenges with innovative thinking. The Young Professionals Conference is a 2-day event that will empower APIA Scholars and Alumni to confidently declare what they #Represent.
Celebrating Lunar New Years with Wells Fargo
APIA Scholars and Wells Fargo ring in the Lunar New Year in San Francisco with a celebration of our continuing collaboration.
SMART Program
The Scholar Mentoring + Access to Resources & Training (SMART) Professional Mentoring Program at APIA Scholars aims to help facilitate virtual mentorship relationships between APIA Scholars and Alumni with industry professionals during their transition from college to career. Professional Mentors will provide their APIA Scholars with individualized support and guidance on how to access and advance their careers and advise on how to develop strategies for professional success. Virtual mentorship is facilitated in partnership with Mentor Collective.
More About APIA Scholars
We are proud of the work we do at APIA Scholars. If you’d like to learn more, without reading too much, we have plenty of informative videos on our YouTube channel.
Meet Hewett Chiu, an APIA Scholar achieving amazing things! Learn more about him and other stories of success from current and former scholarship recipients.
Our Impact
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholars makes a difference in communities by mobilizing resources to create opportunities for students to access, complete, and succeed after post-secondary education, thereby developing future leaders who will excel in their careers, serve as role models in their communities, and will ultimately contribute to a more vibrant America.
Our Impact
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholars makes a difference in communities by mobilizing resources to create opportunities for students to access, complete, and succeed after post-secondary education, thereby developing future leaders who will excel in their careers, serve as role models in their communities, and will ultimately contribute to a more vibrant America.
83%
of the first three APIA Scholars cohorts are college graduates
60+%
of APIA Scholars live at or below poverty level
@APIA_Scholars
For the rest of the week, we'll be slowly introducing our 2020 class of writers for the CAPE New Writers Fellowship! #CNWF2020 #CNWF
“If a student does not complete the form to decline the loan from the award letter, the loan will appear on the student’s term bill,” Read more on how to navigate college financial aid offers in this guide from @nytimes: #FinancialAidAwarenessMonth
Tips for Decoding College Financial Aid Offers
Schools often use different jargon for the same types of aid or loans. Student advocates offer suggestions on how to figure out what you’ll pay.
www.nytimes.com
Happy Friday! Meet Ryan Lee, venture partner for @Harambeans, today’s featured speaker for the upcoming Young Professionals Conference!
Learn more about the YPC event here: https://apiascholars.org/events/young-professionals-conference/
#IRepresent
It's that time of year again! The application window for SEARAC's 21st Leadership & Advocacy Training (LAT) is open 🎉🎉 Apply by March 12 for this opportunity to spend 3 days in the nation's capital building advocacy skills. For more info ➡️ http://www.searac.org/LAT
The full cost of college should be debt-free for students from low-income backgrounds & affordable for all. But our #Affordability report shows that’s not the case in almost all states #AffordabilityGap https://t.co/Rd07OiC1t3
#apiascholars
Congratulations to our 36 @bnymellon AANAPISI Scholarship awardees at @umassboston who were honored this week! We want to thank the Asian American Student Success Program for the amazing work they do, Chancellor Newman for her motivational words at the reception, and all of the university community for their commitment to empowering and elevating APIA students.
Today is the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Did you know over 20% of our entire 2019-2020 APIA Scholar Cohort are women studying STEM? Shout out to those women and the hundreds of other Scholars inspiring us with their determination. Special shout out to Lily Sookal, one of our APIA/Wells Fargo scholars who is making waves as a bioengineer. Visit the link in our bio to learn about her in @WellsFargo annual report from 2018. #WomenScienceDay
We'd like to introduce our newest staff members: Shyam, Nicole, and Alex! As we kick off 2020, they will be playing a crucial role for the programs, development, and marketing/communications teams respectively.
We had such a fantastic time last night in NYC at the @Google office in Chelsea. Thank you to Michelle Pham and the other Googlers for spending time with our Scholars. We look forward to making more moments like this happen in the future! #growwithgoogle
Kick off your spring break the right way in LA 😎. Join workshop conversations on everything from “Advancing Your Career” to “The Pacific Islander Experience” with hundreds of your fellow Scholars. Deadline is tomorrow at 11:59PM PST. Link in our bio!
