Vietnamese Health Professionals Association

In support of our future leaders, VHPA will start accepting submissions for this year's student scholarship essay.

This scholarship is only available to student members. To become a member, please create a profile on VHPA’s Wild Apricot site (vhpa.wildapricot.org) and active your annual student membership for $25.

We thank Valerie Trang and Hannah Le for sponsoring the 2024 and 2025 essay scholarship. The winner of the essay contest will be announced at the Healthcare Career Fair on Saturday, March 23rd.  The winning essay receives $1000!

Please send your essay and resume to vhpa.ynhaduoc@gmail.com.  Please provide your response to the subject below.

Young Asian Americans living in the United States experience a unique set of challenges. These challenges range from financial hardship to cultural identity.

Please share a personal challenge you have experienced as an Asian American and how you were able to overcome this challenge. Please limit your response to one page (about 3,500 characters).