Everyone should have a chance at college.

Lua Pires de Almeida Endowed Scholarship

In November 2004, the Board of Directors of Marin Education Fund resolved to establish an endowed scholarship fund in honor of Lua Pires de Almeida, a Marin Education Fund scholarship recipient who tragically lost her life in May of 2004. The fund was established with a generous gift from a community member, someone who had been touched by knowing and working with Lua.

In so many ways, Lua embodied the very best: she was a leader in her community, a person who shared the great gifts of her character and served as a model and example to her peers. Lua participated in Marin Education Fund’s Summer Application Institute and was completing her first year as an undergraduate at Northern Arizona University.

In her honor, Marin Education Fund awards the Lua Pires de Almeida Scholarship. Candidates for this award will share Lua’s aspirations and spirit. We look forward to this opportunity to help carry her legacy forward.

“You can only live once and having an education is something that I put first in my life.”— Lua Pires de Almeida. Excerpt from Summer Application Institute application