Application Period
2025 Scholarship Application Submission Period is
January 3 – March 21, 2025
All applications must be received by the High Desert Community Foundation no later than 5pm, March 21, 20245.
Please Note: In consideration of the COVID-19 restrictions, submission of Official and/or Certified Transcripts are acceptable.
2025 Scholarship Program
Welcome to Year Ten of the Dreamers, Visionaries & Leaders (“DVL”) Legacy Scholarships Program. We are delighted to once again, present awards to outstanding students who are residents of the High Desert. The DVL Scholarship Project has awarded over $25,000.00 (Twenty Five Thousand Dollars) in scholarships since 2014!
Thanks to the generosity of our Donors, the scholarships have grown in number from the original three to five scholarship categories of five hundred dollars each awarded directly to the student to use as she or he may need to begin or to continue a college education.
The DVL Legacy Scholarships are Namesakes and are awarded in memory of six individuals and past and present DVL Honorees who made major contributions to the High Desert Region during their lifetimes. They are:
- Gerard Brown (1921-1998), Pioneer oral surgeon & community leader
- Bishop Nathaniel Ruffin (1934-2009), Faith based community leader & elected official
- Leona Griner (1932-2012), Artist & naturalist
- Anna Sugi (1960-2010), Founder of Today’s Woman Foundation & business woman
- Garner C. Morris (1933-2020), Fondly known as “Mr. Victorville” for his passionate leadership as a community advocate.
- DVL Honorees Award–Multiple previous DVL Awardees for outstanding contributions in entrepreneurialism, visual or performing arts, education, law, military service, community activism.
- Lauri Amber Diggs
Our Scholarships
The DVL Legacy Scholarship Project recognizes students who best meet the standards of academic achievement and community involvement.
Pioneer Oral surgeon, Businessman, High Desert Community Leader & Mentor
Visual Artist and Naturalist
Faith Based & Community Leader, Teacher and Mentor
Businesswoman & Founder of the Today’s Woman Foundation
Entrepreneurialism, expression in the visual or performing arts, or community service. Scholarship funded by DVL Honorees
Fondly known as Mr. Victorville, passionate community advocate.
Newly Added
Newly Added
History of the Project
The scholarship project is an outgrowth of the parent project, Dreamers, Visionaries and Leaders, (an Affiliate Fund of the High Desert Community Foundation) which each year recognizes those who have contributed in some way to the livability of this region. In 2014, its sixth year of honoring local adult and young citizens whose contributions have enriched this region, Founder and Executive Director Regina Bell chose to expand the success of the DVL project by adding a scholarship component.
Our Recipients
The DVL Scholarship Project awarded over three thousand dollars in scholarships in its first year, and it accepts applications and awards the scholarships regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, disability or social or economic class or religious affiliation.
The DVL Project was delighted to learn that the students selected for the DVL Legacy Scholarships were recipients also of several other highly selective scholarships for their achievements in high school and their contributions to their communities.
2020 DVL Scholarship Recipients
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Korrina Medina
2020 DVL Honorees & SCE STEM Scholarship
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Nesha Subramaniam
2020 SCE STEM Scholarship
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Walter Williams
2020 SCE STEM Scholarship
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Nicholson Pascua
2020 Dr. Gerard Brown Scholarship
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Christlen Seals
2020 Anna Sugi Scholarship
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Karyn Pham
2020 Bishop Nathaniel Ruffin Scholarship
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Madison Elliott
2020 SCE STEM Scholarship
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Joseph Saldivar
2020 SCE STEM Scholarship
