LEADING Hispanics

Student Opportunities

Student in Lab


Undergraduate Students

  • $5,000 each fall and spring semester - up to four years*
  • Regular faculty and peer mentoring
  • USDA internship
  • Professional Development Seminars
  • Professional Meeting/Conference attendance and/or participation
  • Annual Symposium and Career Fair
  • Club Linguistico
  • 5-day USDA Educational Tour

Graduate Students

  • Assistantships commensurate with institution’s pay scale
    • Up to two years for M.S. students.*
    • Up to four years for Ph.D. students*
  • Regular faculty and peer mentoring
  • USDA internship
  • Professional Development Seminars
  • Professional Meeting/Conference attendance and/or participation
  • Annual Symposium and Career Fair
  • Club Linguistico
  • 5-day USDA Educational Tour

(*if requirements are fulfilled)



This work is supported by the “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals (NextGen)” program, project award no. 2023-70440-40158, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.