Lillian Marrero Scholarship 2024
2024 Lillian Marrero Scholarship Award
Purpose of Award:
The Lillian Marrero Scholarship Award of the REFORMA Northeast Chapter was established to encourage library science students who are committed to serving Latino communities by providing financial assistance to them and to help recruit and nurture more diverse and multilingual library staffs. The scholarship is named in honor of the late Lillian Marrero, a librarian of the Free Library of Philadelphia, for her excellent service to underprivileged communities, as well as for her outstanding commitment to representing, recruiting for, and promoting the REFORMA Northeast Chapter and its missions. A mural at the Lillian Marrero Branch Library portrays her dedicated work to the Latino community in "El Centro de Oro."
Criteria for Award:
Award Guidelines:
Purpose of Award:
The Lillian Marrero Scholarship Award of the REFORMA Northeast Chapter was established to encourage library science students who are committed to serving Latino communities by providing financial assistance to them and to help recruit and nurture more diverse and multilingual library staffs. The scholarship is named in honor of the late Lillian Marrero, a librarian of the Free Library of Philadelphia, for her excellent service to underprivileged communities, as well as for her outstanding commitment to representing, recruiting for, and promoting the REFORMA Northeast Chapter and its missions. A mural at the Lillian Marrero Branch Library portrays her dedicated work to the Latino community in "El Centro de Oro."
Criteria for Award:
- Candidates must be currently enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an accredited graduate library school (MLS or Ph.D.) program and may be asked to provide proof of enrollment.
- Candidates must be a current, active member of the REFORMA Northeast Chapter. Active status is determined by participation in RNE meetings, events, and/or committees, whether in person or virtually.
- Candidates should demonstrate an understanding of and desire to serve Latinos and Spanish-speaking communities.
Award Guidelines:
- Applications may be submitted from Monday, January 1, 2024, through Monday, April 1, 2024.
- The RNE Chapter Scholarship Award Committee makes the formal award selection. All candidates shall submit their applications by the deadline to the Committee, which will review applications and make its selection known to the Chapter’s Executive Board.
- RNE Scholarship Award Committee members are not eligible for the award during their committee service.
- The Lillian Marrero Scholarship Award is to be given annually to one candidate. If no suitable candidates apply, or the Committee does not feel applicants meet the award’s criteria, the award is not given.
- Applicants for the Lillian Marrero Scholarship Award will be notified of the Committee’s decision on Monday, April 15, 2024. The Award winner will receive $1,000 in two disbursements. The first disbursement of $500 will be made at or following the 2024 REFORMA Northeast Joint Mini-Conference (Date TBD). The second $500 disbursement is contingent upon continued RNE Chapter participation; the Award winner will need to attend at least one RNE meeting or event within 12 months of the award, and participate in one (or more) RNE Chapter committees, excluding the Scholarship Committee. (Attendance and participation may take place either in person and/or virtually.) If the recipient is unable to use the award within the next academic year, he or she must return the award to the Chapter.
- The scholarships are not restricted by age, gender/gender orientation, creed, national origin, sexual preference/orientation, or minority group association/membership.
For more information on the scholarship, including how to apply, please click on the links below:
RNE Lillian Marrero Scholarship Award
Past Award Recipients:
- 2024 RNE Lillian Marrero Scholarship Award Announcement
- 2024 RNE Lillian Marrero Scholarship Award Criteria
- 2024 RNE Lillian Marrero Scholarship Award Application
- Completed materials should be mailed electronically to:
RNE Lillian Marrero Scholarship Award
Past Award Recipients:
- 2023 N/A
- 2022 Josselyn Atahualpa, CUNY Queens College
- 2020 Tania María Ríos Marrero, Free Library of Philadelphia
- 2019 Nicholette Archambault, Simmons College
- 2017 Juliet Sanchez, CUNY Queens College, New York.
- 2016 Georgina Rivas-Martinez, Freeport Memorial Library, NY & L.I.U.