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Cassandra Walker-Nolin Scholarship
A WorkforceConnect scholarship fund that removes the direct cost of entering a construction or skilled-trade career in the San Diego region — the fees, tuition, tools and materials that stop people before they start.
Applications Open January 2027
The next application cycle for the Cassandra Walker-Nolin Scholarship will open in January 2027. Check back for application details, eligibility information, award information, and important dates.
Next Application Cycle: January 2027
About Cassandra
A name attached to a practical kind of help
The scholarship carries Cassandra Walker-Nolin's name and continues as part of WorkforceConnect's charitable work. We keep this description deliberately brief: only verified biographical detail is published.
Eligibility
Who the scholarship supports
These are the currently verified characteristics of the people the scholarship is meant for. Detailed eligibility criteria for the January 2027 cycle are still being confirmed — we do not publish criteria that have not been approved.
Verified
People pursuing construction and skilled-trade careers.
Verified
Applicants connected to the San Diego region and surrounding communities.
Verified
Support directed at the real cost of entry — tuition, fees, tools and materials.
To be confirmed for the 2027 cycle
Detailed eligibility criteria for the January 2027 cycle are still being confirmed and will be published before applications open.
Preparing for the next cycle
What will be published before applications open
Full application requirements, eligibility details, award information and important dates will be published on this page before applications open in January 2027. Nothing below is an application step, and none of it affects a future selection.
Get closer to the work
Career exploration, site visits and industry events make the trades concrete and help you choose a direction you can explain.
Understand the pathway
Learn which apprenticeships, certificates and training programs exist in the region and what each one actually requires.
Keep your own record
Coursework, hours, certifications and the names of people who have seen you work are what any application will ask about.
Recipients
Recognized in the 2023 cycle
Past recipients are recorded here as history. Their recognition is not a claim about a current cycle.
Henry Driskell
2023 recipient
Brianna Lopez
2023 recipient
Juliet Luevanos
2023 recipient
Support the fund
Scholarship support is charitable giving
Gifts directed to the scholarship fund pay tuition, fees, tools and the costs that end skilled-trade careers before they start. Nothing is purchased and no benefits are exchanged.