The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Scholarship Program encourages students of color to become educators, school nurses, school counselors or school therapists and to promote professional growth for teachers and ESP members of color.

Up to $6,000

CTA recognizes the shortage of educators of colors in California. The goal of the Fund is to encourage students of color to become educators, school nurses, school counselors or school therapists and to promote professional growth for teachers and ESP members of color.

Total ethnic minority students – 76.3% (2018-2019) California Dept. of Education)

Total ethnic minority teachers – 34.1% (2018-2019 California Dept. of Education)