Scholarship

GLA annually awards the Hana Uno Shepard Memorial Scholarship. Applicants must be a graduating high school senior with a high achievement record, from a single-parent family, of Japanese descent, and a resident of Los Angeles or Orange County. The scholarship may be applied to any college, university, community college, fine arts, or vocational school. GLA provides the scholarship recipient with 4 years of JACL student membership.

In February, the application process may be started. The deadline to submit the application is May 15th each year.

The GLA application is available in 3 ways:

• The high school counseling office may have the GLA forms.
• The application is available as a Google form.
• The application is available as a printable document.

Applicants have 3 options for submitting their applications:

• Application may be filled out manually and emailed to greaterlajacl@gmail.com.
• Application may be completed online through the Google form.
• Request snail mail address from greaterlajacl@gmail.com.

For application questions and additional information: greaterlajacl@gmail.com

National JACL provides a variety of scholarships. See scholarships.

Click on recipients’ pictures and see their autobiographies.