Every year, Soroptimist International of Vista, San Marcos and Escondido gives education grants to women who have faced extraordinary hardships, yet are determined to pursue and achieve their educational and professional goals. Our program, called Live Your Dream, was established to help women obtain the skills, training and education necessary to improve their employment status and standard of living for themselves and their families.
Awards are given to motivated women who are the primary financial supporters of their families and seek to improve their lives by gaining additional skills, training or education. Many of our previous awardees are single mothers pursuing degrees at local colleges and universities.These cash awards are unique in that they are meant to offset costs associated with the recipients efforts to attain higher education including tuition, books, supplies, child care or transportation costs.