PacifiCare’s Latino Health Scholars program plans to award 70 $2,000 scholarships to Spanish-speaking, bicultural high school students seeking careers in health care. In addition, PacifiCare will bestow Freedom Awards of $25,000 each on the two most deserving and qualified applicants.

Eligible candidates are high school seniors who are fluent in Spanish and English and maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0. Applicants must show proof of acceptance into a university, community college or accredited technical college and must be enrolled in an approved health care program at the time they receive the scholarship.

Applications, available online at www.pacificarelatino.com and www.pacificare.com, are due by June 30.

For military dependents

The application deadline is June 30. Students must enroll by September 2005 at an accredited college, university or vocational school.

For more information about the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund or to download an application, call (800) 475-6620 or log on to www.freedomalliance.org.