Meet Maria Ruiz, an ICP Alberto Contreras Scholarship Recipient @icplive
Meet Maria Ruiz, an ICP Alberto Contreras Scholarship Recipient  @icplive
Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Scholarships open doors—and help ensure new voices shape the future of photography.

In this video, ICP student Maria Ruiz shares how receiving the Alberto Contreras Scholarship allowed her to study photography for the first time and why supporting emerging voices from Latin America matters.

The scholarship offers full tuition and school fees for the 2026–27 academic year and is open to Latin American applicants currently residing in Latin America.

Applications close March 1, 2026. Apply here: icp.org/oyc/scholarships-and-fellowships
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Meet Maria Ruiz, an ICP Alberto Contreras Scholarship Recipient

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