Scholarships
Announcing the 2025 Ethel Lund Visionaries in Healthcare Scholarships!
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Ethel Lund Visionaries in Healthcare scholarship. Over $25,000 will be awarded to these Southeast Alaska Native students who are pursuing healthcare careers:
- Macy Alander (Hydaburg)
- Nevaeh Alexander (Juneau)
- Carlynn Casperson (Juneau)
- Chloe Casperson (Juneau)
- Michael Cesar (Boston, Massachusetts)
- Della Churchill (Wrangell)
- Lexi Cook (Metlakatla)
- Mamie Crookes (Kake)
- Richard Didrickson, Jr. (Hoonah)
- Nina Edwards (Douglas)
- Evangelina Estes (Sitka)
- Gloria Eyon (Juneau)
- Tellisha Frankhouser (Ketchikan)
- Sara Garcia (Juneau)
- Emma Gassman (Sitka)
- Trevyn Gillen (Wrangell)
- Jillian Jackson (Kake)
- Jean-Luc Lewis (Wrangell)
- Reonna Maloney (Juneau)
- Rodney Moler (Kake)
- Elissa Nieshe (Ketchikan)
- Stefano Rivera (Juneau)
- Lucas Schneider, Jr. (Wrangell)
- Hayden Soboleff (Juneau)
- Delainey Steffes (Sitka)
- Addison Wilson (Juneau)
- Aubrey Wynne (Wrangell)
About the Ethel Lund Visionaries in Healthcare Scholarships
The Ethel Lund Visionaries in Healthcare Scholarship program awards competitive scholarships to Alaska Native and American Indian students from Southeast Alaska interested in pursuing healthcare fields. Awarded scholarships can be used to pay for tuition, travel, books, living expenses, or other education related fees. In 2025, the program will award two (2) $2,500 scholarships, three (3) $1,000 scholarships, and two (2) $500 scholarships.
This scholarship honors the legacy of Ethel Aanwoogeex’ Lund, who was known by many as the Godmother of Tribal Health. Growing up in Wrangell, Alaska, she saw how poor health care affected Alaska Native people throughout Southeast Alaska. She helped to form the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC); and in 2001, she was also one of the founding members of the Healing Hand Foundation. Ethel Lund believed that building healthy families requires the integration of cultural practices, traditional medicines, and foods. Ms. Lund was the President Emeritus of SEARHC and The Healing Hand Foundation.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements to apply:
- Alaska Native and/or American Indian
- Permanent Alaska resident with ties to Southeast Alaska
- Pursuing a health care-related career
- Current enrollment or acceptance in an institute of higher learning
- In pursuit of an Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. degree
How to Apply
Applications have closed for the 2025 scholarship awards. We will announce winners in late May. Thank you to everyone who applied.
To be considered, applicants must submit as part of their application:
- Contact information for two non-familial references,
- Most recent high school or college transcript,
- Letter of acceptance or proof of current enrollment, and
- One letter of recommendation from a teacher, counselor, community leader or employer.
To learn more about the HHF scholarship program, please review the Ethel Lund Visionaries in Healthcare scholarship guidelines.
For questions about scholarships or the application process, please contact the Healing Hand Foundation at HealingHand@searhc.org