MAIA
Celebrating four decades of service to the youth of the Pajaro Valley.
FOUNDATION
Migration and Adaptation In the Americas
MAIA Funded Programs and Projects in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District
Ivy League Project
- Annual grants since 2006
The Science Fair/ROV Underwater Robotics Project
- Teacher stipends 2007-2018
College Scholarships
- Michael Sullivan Cabrillo Honors Scholarships since 2009
- Michael Sullivan Student Scholarships since 1969
- Dreamers Scholarships since 2014
Small Grants
- Student college application fees since 1980
- Middle School College Tours: 2007-2014
- Girls STEM Conference transportation since 2013
College Scholarship Coordinator
- Privately: 2005-2011
- Co-funded with PVUSD: 2011-2015
Advanced Placement Initiative since 2014
Collaboration with
UCSC-EPC Program
GEAR UP Program since 2004
Watsonville College Success WCSS Scholarships: 2007-2015
Girls Paving the Way, Grant from CFSCC: 2017-2020
Cabrillo College:
Cabrillo Honors Program, Noche de Padres Dinner: 2012-2018
Digital NEST:
- Digital NEST: Grants since 2016
College Board Member – since 1980
Our Partners
Please visit the organizations with whom we collaborate and share a common mission:
"What I want most for the future, is to one day present my parents a diploma, my diploma from Harvard or Yale. I want my Grampa Juan and Grandma Andrea to hold it and feel proud. I want my family, through me, to feel that their family and name is worth something."
– Ivy League Alumni
"Before the Ivy League Project, I had a vague vision of where I wanted to continue my education after high school. I wasn't even sure of what I looked for in a school ... or the resources available to apply. I merely had one goal, to educate myself about what was available to me. Visiting the colleges on the East Coast has filled in the gaps to my general goal. Now I feel that I've gained a stronger vision and therefore a greater purpose."
– Ivy League Alumni