As the cost of tuition is often a deterrent to college-bound individuals, it is our goal to empower women and nonbinary skateboarders with the opportunity for higher education through annual scholarships.
In partnership with The College Skateboarding Education Foundation (CSEF), The Exposure Scholarship provides $5,000 scholarships towards tuition costs.
To be considered for a scholarship, you must be a skateboarder who identifies as female or non-binary and contribute to your community. Exposure is on an on-going mission to give back, and our scholarships will reward individuals who parallel our mission. Applications are reviewed with consideration toward financial need and academic scholarship.
View the most recent Exposure Skate Scholarship Winners below!
Having just graduated from University of Southern California, Danielle is taking the next step forward by returning to USC to attend the Keck School of Medicine. She will start the official journey toward becoming a doctor. Her goal is to be a primary care physician focusing on community health. She hopes to support women from marginalized groups to overcome the multiple barriers in place in the healthcare industry. If that doesn’t already bring a tear to your eye, then the list of volunteer groups she’s been a part of will: VOICE, SCALE and Brain Exercise to name just a few. On top of that, she also supports women and queer skater meetups through Auntie Skate in the USC area. And you can also find her in the streets with the Worble crew! That impressive C.V. helped her land one of our Exposure scholarships, earning a nice $5,000 towards her dreams. Also, Danielle is the first applicant to provide citations in her essays. Hats off to you for that!
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Chi-Town represent! Vanessa is currently chipping away at a Master’s in Social Work at Grand Valley State University. Growing up and realizing the lack of diversity and shared experiences in the social services space, Vanessa wants to be the change in the system. To this end, they hope becoming a licensed clinical social worker will enable them to advocate for and support the next generation in their community. They are already being the change at home by acting as a medical benefits navigator for LGBTQA+, BIPOC youth as well as facilitating skate meetups in Chicago. Seeing Vanessa already being the change they wanted to see in their community, it was no shock they were selected to receive $5,000 Exposure scholarship. This will help them finish their last year strong and we can’t wait to see what’s next!
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