MAP ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP
Each year, MAP awards an Environmental Scholarship through the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation Scholarship Program, and this year we are granting $2,500 to a future 2024 graduating senior with the desire and passion to make a positive impact in a future environmental career or profession. We have raised the bar with an additional $1,500 for our scholarship and hope more Truckee Tahoe seniors seeking an environmental career apply through the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation.
Our scholarship is awarded to a North Tahoe-Truckee graduating high school senior attending a two- or four-year college or university and pursuing a degree in environmental science and studies fields. Special focuses can include natural resource management, planning, law, policy, engineering, sustainability, and environmental justice.
To learn more about the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation Scholarship Program and to apply for MAP’s Environmental Scholarship, click here. The deadline to apply is March 31st at midnight.
MAP’s Environmental Scholarship 2023 Recipient
Congratulations to Laurel Anderson, who received the MAP Youth Environmental Scholarship this year. Laurel is a young environmental advocate and a four-year distinguished scholar participating in athletics, school clubs, playing music, and more!
Starting at a young age Laurel dedicated her time and energy to environmental advocacy. In 6th grade, Laurel gave public presentations on climate solutions due to her experience rafting the entire length of the Truckee River watershed with Rivers for Change. In 8th grade, she led her school’s climate strike. In 9th grade, she co-founded the Citizen’s Climate Lobby Youth Action Team. Last year she participated in an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) summer program on effective activism and captained the US Women’s U19 Raft Team at the 2022 World Championships in Bosnia.
All of us at MAP wish Laurel the best of luck as she pursues her education at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA to pursue a career in Environmental Law.
MAP’s Environmental Scholarship 2022 Recipient
MAP's Youth Environmental Scholarship was awarded to Siena Lopez this year, who has demonstrated outstanding academic accomplishments in addition to her involvement in sports, technology (including women in tech), and art. Wanting to share her knowledge, she created tutorials and lesson plans to educate elementary kids about endangered species while learning to draw them, which earned her the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award.
As an activist, Siena has worked with many environmental clubs and organizations, such as Helping The Wild, a website she created with her mom in elementary school to bring awareness to endangered species. Considering Siena's impact so far, we can't wait to see what she accomplishes in the future! Siena will attend Cal Poly this fall, where she will study Architecture.
MAP’s Environmental Scholarship 2021 Recipients
This year’s award goes to both Ben & Evan Anderson Flint, who have demonstrated an uncommon commitment to activism and environmental protection throughout their student careers. They participated in numerous clubs and organizations (Envirolution, Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships, KidsZone, Keep Truckee Green, Roundhouse First Tuesdays for the Planet), worked on regional political campaigns, and even traveled to Washington, DC with the Citizens' Climate Lobby to promote and discuss with Congressional members a non-partisan carbon fee and dividend act. Ben and Evan have been engaged community members, while also achieving outstanding academic performance and earning Distinguished Scholar awards for 4.0 GPA every semester of high school. Both Ben & Evan are avid skiers who also love to sail on Tahoe and Donner Lake. This Fall, Evan will be attending UC Berkeley to study Environmental Economics and Policy and Ben will pursue Environmental Studies, after a gap year to attend a folk school in Norway. We wish Ben and Evan the best of luck in their environmental pursuits!
Map’s environmental scholarship 2020 recipient
This year's award goes to Marea Adams. We highly value community engagement and give our award to a scholar that shows a tangible commitment to environmentalism both during high school and in their choice of study. We were impressed by her environmentally-minded initiatives with SWEP and the "Straws Suck" campaign to convince local businesses to abandon plastic straws, while also managing commitments to school, the Human Society and high-level ski competition. We at MAP love an activist! Marea will be attending Westminster College in Salt Lake City for Environmental Studies. Marea, we wish you the best of luck in your field of study and hope that you continue to be inspired to take action for the things you care about!
Map’s environmental scholarship 2019 recipient
In 2019, Mountain Area Preservation awarded the youth environmental scholarship to Myla Kahn from North Tahoe High School. Myla will be attending the University of California Berkeley in the fall for environmental engineering. Pictured: MAP Board of Directors Secretary Lisa Holan presents the scholarship to Myla Hahn.