ALCANCE
ALCANCE Scholarships Assist Aspiring Latino Students
By Faith Hoyt
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scholarship program for Latino students in the Pacific Union Conference that launched in 2015 is continuing to provide mentorship and financial assistance to young people pursing Adventist Education. ALCANCE, a non-profit organization of Adventist educators and church leaders, helps give Latino Adventist students access to Adventist Education through various means, including scholarships and a One recent ALCANCE mentoring program. scholarship recipient “For Latinos, acquiring a Christian is Ana Chujutali, who education is often perceived as out of graduated last school their reach due to the prohibitive costs year from Redlands Adventist involved,” said Martha Havens, associate Academy (RAA). During her two and a half director for elementary education in years at RAA, Chujutali demonstrated a passion the Pacific Union Conference. “It is this for both academics and helping her community. perception that closes the door to lowincome families. Scholarships encourage students to believe that the door to Christian education is still open to them. The ALCANCE scholarship program includes educating parents about government financial resources available to them in addition to program scholarships.” ALCANCE, which stands for Adventist Latino Council Advancing & Nurturing Christian Education, is co-sponsored by the Pacific Union Conference, the Center for Research on Adventist Education (CRAE) at La Sierra University, conferences, individual donors, local churches, and mentors. The scholarship organization looks for highly motivated and service-oriented high school students who aim to attend an Adventist college. One of the students who fit that
“It is this perception that closes the door to low-income families. Scholarships encourage students to believe that the door to Christian education is still open to them.”
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