Francisco Caballero, one of the recipients of our Youth Leadership Summit scholarship raffle. Our annual YLS event is free and open to middle school, high school, and college aged youth. For the 2nd consecutive year, we raffled scholarships at...

Caren Fuentes, one of the recipients of our Youth Leadership Summit scholarship raffle. Our annual YLS event is free and open to middle school, high school, and college aged youth. For the 2nd consecutive year, we raffled scholarships at...

Ehshee Thawber, one of the recipients of our Youth Leadership Summit scholarship raffle. Our annual YLS event is free and open to middle school, high school, and college aged youth. For the 2nd consecutive year, we raffled scholarships at...

She is one of the recipients of our Youth Leadership Summit scholarship raffle. Our annual YLS event is free and open to middle school, high school, and college-aged youth. For the 2nd consecutive year, we raffled scholarships at this...

In 2020, DREAM Iowa granted $15,000 in scholarships supporting 22 Iowa immigrant students. The non-profit awarded $10,000 through the formal application process and raffled $5000 in scholarships during DREAM Iowa’s annual Youth Leadership Summit (YLS). Youth from 33 different...

Stephany is currently studying Elementary Education with a Minor in TESOL at the University of Northern Iowa. In her moving essay, Stephany wrote about the struggle of starting school in Iowa without knowing any English. This was a recurring...

He is currently studying Fire Science at DMACC, which is a partnering school that will MATCH recipients’ scholarships, so Elodie will receive a total of $1000 towards his education. In his passionate essay, Elodie noted that growing up in...

Leslie is currently studying Accounting at DMACC, which is a partnering school that will MATCH recipients’ scholarships, so Leslie will receive a total of $1000 towards her education. In her heartfelt essay, Leslie wrote about her struggle with her...

Bahati is currently studying Nursing at DMACC, which is a partnering school that will MATCH recipients’ scholarships, so Bahati will receive a total of $1000 towards her education. In her astounding essay, Bahati opened up about the struggles of...

The principal requirements for the DREAM Iowa scholarship are that the student is a high school senior or enrolled in college, demonstrates the spirit to overcome adversity, and commitment to our immigrant community. Because Amel was also present at...