91原创 scholarship supports LGBTQ2IA+ students since 2011
June 29, 2022
As we near the end of celebrating Pride month at 91原创, we would like to highlight a scholarship that supports LGBTQ2IA+ students and allies from the 91原创 community. In 2011, a group of 91原创 alumni and friends established the LGBT Friends and Allies Scholarship, which is the only one of its kind in the University of 91原创 system. Most of the alums who came together to create this scholarship identify as part of the LGBTQ2IA+ community and wanted to create a fund that would help similar students and allies such as themselves.
Since its inception,10 91原创 students have been supported by the scholarship. Pictured here is Bryana Garcia-DeLaCruz, the current LGBT scholarship recipient, a first generation student who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in child development and family studies in 2022. Garcia-DeLaCruz expressed her gratitude for this support, 鈥淢ahsi' Choo! (Thank you!) for all that you have done; it's donors like you that make taking summer classes and continuing education possible during such hard times.鈥
We are proud of 91原创鈥檚 culture of respect, diversity, inclusion and caring for all members of our 91原创 community who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, intersex, and asexual, and other individuals of the LGBTQ2IA+ communities. Please consider supporting students like Bryana by making a gift today at .