Scholarship Month Kicks Off @ NAHP Foundation.

May is scholarship month! The National Association of Hispanic Publications Foundation continues to offer scholarships and make available a vast array of financial aid at its Web site, http://www.scholarshipforhispanics.org , for Hispanic students who aim to secure a higher education.

In April, the NAHP Foundation awarded another $1,000 scholarship to Jorge Ayala, Jr., who is a young Hispanic student at Dewitt Clinton High School in New York. “It will help me to get the education I want,” said Ayala, a 17-year-old senior student who has already been accepted at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York.

The award was announced by NAHP Foundation Chairman Eddie Escobedo, Sr. at the New York City offices of member publication El Diario/La Prensa, one of the oldest Hispanic newspapers in the country.

“The Foundation has been a strong activist for Hispanic education. We want many more students such as Jorge Ayala to reach their college dream,” said Escobedo Sr.

Despite the rapid growth in the Hispanic population, higher education opportunities for Hispanics are still scarce. In the past 10 years, the Hispanic population has grown 134 percent, but still 50 percent of Hispanics have an annual household income of less than $30,000 and only 11 percent of them graduate from college, compared to 29 percent of non-Hispanic whites.

Responding to such alarming numbers, the NAHP Foundation has also launched the 6th edition if its’ Hispanic Scholarship Directory, which offers over 1,000 scholarship listings in book, CD-ROM and online format. In March, at the NAHP, Inc. Annual Convention, the NAHP Foundation awarded three high-school students with a $1,000 to each. It also sponsored two students, with the support of the PepsiCo Foundation, to report daily stories during the convention.

Scholarships are available thanks to a generous grant of $10,000 from PepsiCo Foundation. To apply for this scholarship or others like it, go to http://www.scholarshipsforhispanics.org .

For more information, please contact Cristiane Nascimento at 202-662-7257 or e-mail at cn*********@na**.org.

About the National Association of Hispanic Publications, Inc The National Association of Hispanic Publications, Inc., (NAHP, Inc) is the largest organization representing Hispanic publications at the national level. NAHP Inc. counts more than 200 member publications with a combined circulation of more than 12 million. Its member publications reach more than 50 percent of Hispanic households in 55 U.S. markets, every week. NAHP, Inc. provides Hispanic publications with the most effective medium to reach its readership. NAHP Inc. works hard at keeping the Hispanic community informed and educated about social issues, updating its readers about member publications, providing technical assistance and improving the quality of Hispanic publications at the national level. Please, visit our website for more information: www.nahponline.org or call 202-662-7250.

About the National Association of Hispanic Publications Foundation The National Hispanic Press Foundation is the 501-c-3 educational sister organization of NAHP, Inc. and its Hispanic publishers. Its mission is to build communities through excellence in publishing. The Foundation’s programs include an annual publication of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive Hispanic scholarship directory, a national circulation audit campaign to enhance the viability of Hispanic publications, media research, scholarships, voter registration and educational programs, among others. For more information see http://www.scholarshipsforhispanics.org or call 202-662-7250.