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Kesha Young scholarship

Kesha Young Scholarship Application Instructions

Thank you for your interest in the Kesha Young Health Scholarship Program at Mission Health. The 2025 Application Form will be live on this page Friday February 28th, 2025.

The following qualifications must be met:

  • You must qualify as a member of an underrepresented minority group as defined by state and federal guidelines, i.e. American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian Underrepresented (Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Hmong, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Nepalese, Pakistani, Si Lankan and Vietnamese), Black or African-American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other Island Pacific Islander.
  • Certify and maintain a minimum cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
  • Pursuing a field of study for a career in healthcare
  • Demonstrated interest in future employment at Mission Health
  • Completing high school or a GED program prior to June 30th, 2025
  • Current Employees of HCA Healthcare / Mission Health are not eligible
  • Physicians*, or immediate family members of a physician* are not eligible.

* Physician means any person who is a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine, a doctor of podiatric medicine, a doctor of optometry, or chiropractor, licensed by a jurisdiction within the United States. The term "Physician" includes without limitation any person who is an Immediate Family Member of a person described in the immediately preceding sentence.

** Immediate Family Member of a person means that person's husband or wife; birth or adoptive parent, child, or sibling; stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother, or stepsister; father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; grandparent or grandchild; grandparent's or grandchild's spouse.

Applicants must complete and submit the following:

Please complete the online form below and email all supporting documents no later than Friday April 18th at 5:00pm.

All applicants must submit their most recent transcript.

Additionally, First–Time Applicants must submit two letters of recommendation.

Supporting documents should be emailed to: NCDV.ScholarshipMailbox@hcahealthcare.com

Notification of scholarship selection status will be made by Monday, April 28th 2025.

Scholarship funds will be written to the College/University to be applied to the 2025–2026 Academic Year Tuition.

Scholarship amount varies depending on volume and strength of applicant pool, and may not be the same amount each year for returning scholars.

Save the Date!

Scholarship Awardees will be invited to attend a Scholarship Reception at Mission Hospital in the afternoon of Wednesday, June 4th.

Please complete the secure form below to apply:

For questions about this process, contact NCDV.ScholarshipMailbox@hcahealthcare.com.