Requirements

Criteria

• Be enrolled in an Arizona high school, community college, or university. You must plan to be enrolled in school through the 2025-2026 school year.

• Preferred but not required to have attended at least 3 Aliento events.

• Can commit at least 10 hours a week during a 10-month period.

  • The fellowship will run from August through May.

• Applicants desire to engage with diverse communities to accomplish a common goal: improving the quality of life for all Arizonans and deepening understanding about immigrants.

• Complete the application requirements and submit them by the designated deadline.

  • With an up to 3-minute video (see below for more details).

• Based on our organizational values, we highly encourage DACA recipients or individuals who live(d) in mixed-status families to apply.

Role & Responsibilities

• Plan + execute a minimum of 3 creative events on campus to inform, advocate, or support access to higher education, mental health, and issues impacting students of different immigration backgrounds.

  *You will be trained and guided on how to lead each of your events*

  • One event must be an Aliento resources event.

  • One event must be awareness of an education/immigration issue.

  • One event must be a mental health & art event.

• Recruit and form a team of students on campus to bring to the Arizona State Capitol for Education Day.

• Must commit to attend the Training for Education Day and Education Day. 

• Recruit and/or maintain at least one relationship with a school staff member (i.e., faculty, teacher, counselor). 

• Commit to building a team on campus. 

• Must commit to attending monthly Saturday cohort meetings. 

• All events must be attended in person. We will provide transportation support for fellows outside of Maricopa County.

  * Failure to fulfill roles and responsibilities will result in discontinuation of the fellowship *

Fellows Award, Support, and Requirements   

• Each fellow will receive a stipend of up to $4,000, depending on the completion of the desired deliverables.

• Fellows will have access to at least 10 cohort leadership development opportunities.

• Fellows will join a growing network of young leaders invested in social impact.

• Fellows will attend biweekly one-on-one check-in meetings with their assigned supervisor/coach and monthly cohort meetings.

Timeline

• Decisions will be sent out by Thursday, July 31, 2025

• Fellows Mandatory Orientation on Thursday, August 14, 2025, 6:00-8:00 PM in Phoenix, AZ

• Fellows Celebration: May 2026 (Date TBD) 

• Must commit to mandatory monthly meetings. The schedule will be provided during orientation day.  

If you have any questions or concerns, reach out to info@alientoaz.org