Live your Dream Award

Overview
The Live your Dream Award is a cash award given to motivated women who are the primary financial supporters of their families and who seek to improve their lives by gaining additional skills, training, or education but do not have the resources to do so. The award is meant to offset any costs associated with the recipient’s efforts to attain higher education including tuition, books, supplies, childcare, or transportation. Last year over 2,000 women received this award.

Eligibility
Provides the primary financial support for yourself and your dependents. Dependents can include children, spouse, partner, siblings and/or parents.
Has financial need.
Is enrolled in or has been accepted to a vocational/skills training program, high school equivalency or an undergraduate degree program.
Is motivated to achieve your education and career goals.
Resides in one of Soroptimist International of the Americas’ member countries/territories (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Guam, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, United States of America, Venezuela).
Has not previously been the recipient of a Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity or Live Your Dream Award.
Does not have a graduate degree and is not enrolled in a graduate degree program.
Is not a Soroptimist member, an employee of Soroptimist International of the Americas or immediate family of either.
Agree to write your essays in your own words, without the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

Award
Potential to receive up to $16,000

Scholarship Link
https://www.soroptimist.org/our-work/live-your-dream-awards/apply-for-the-live-your-dream-awards.html