MISSION
The Becas Alas scholarship program is committed to encouraging Mexican, Latino, and broader community participation in supporting the educational advancement of low-income students of Mexican or Latino origin who have been accepted to institutions of higher education. Becas Alas seeks to help eliminate financial barriers for students and ensure that economic hardship does not prevent qualified individuals from pursuing higher education.
ABOUT
IMME Becas is a Mexican government program of the Instituto de Mexicanas y Mexicanos en el Exterior (IMME), under the Mexican Foreign Ministry, designed to support Mexican nationals and individuals of Mexican or Latino origin.
Becas Alas is a regional initiative of IMME Becas with the participation of the Mexican Consulates of Fresno, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Santa Ana and Oxnard. The objective is to raise at least $200,000 USD through diverse fundraising efforts to provide financial grants ranging from $1,000 to $1,500 USD to graduating high school seniors who have received an official letter of acceptance from an accredited college or university.
Fiscal Agency: Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF). Founded in 1963 by Latino civil rights leader and social entrepreneur Dionicio Morales, MAOF serves communities across
Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Ventura, San Diego, San Bernardino, and Monterey counties. MAOF is a nonrofit organization recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entity.
PROCESS
Students must apply directly for the scholarship through the official application portal listed below. All applications will be securely stored in a database managed by the fiscal agency, in coordination with the participating Consulates of Mexico mentioned above. The consulates will compile and submit the list of applicants to the Regional Committee, which will review the submissions and select recipients based on established eligibility criteria. Each selected student will receive a one-time financial grant ranging from $1,000 to $1,500 USD.
The final decision of the Regional Committee is unappealable.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Applications will be evaluated based on academic merit and resilience in overcoming hardships
To be eligible, students must:
1. Be a high school senior during the 2025–2026 academic year and graduate in 2026.
2. Be of Mexican or Latino heritage.
3. Provide a letter of acceptance from an accredited college or university i.
4. Have a minimum GPA of 2.5.
5. Submit a personal essay of up to 500 words.
6. Complete and submit the online application, including all required supporting documents.
7. Reside in one of the following California counties: Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare or Ventura.
The application opens on Month xx and closes on Month xx, 2026, at 11:59 pm (Pacific Time). If you are accessing the application form via a mobile device, please ensure that your default browser (e.g.,Safari, Chrome, etc.) has a Google account lgged in, as the Becas Alas application is a Google Form.
