- Amount: $ 110,000
- Year: 2018
- Region: Northwest Mexico
- Website: http://www.tarahumara.net
To build linkages between Young Indigenous Professionals (YIP) and Indigenous Communities through promoting programs in coordination with government and non-government entities and through promoting collective action between the YIP and communities leaders, fostering traditional governance and self-determination. After eight years of providing these scholarships and other forms of support to assure a high graduation, the grantee is now seeking how to re-connect YIPs back to their communities. Grant awarded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation at the recommendation of the Christensen Fund.