The Louie Leskinen Native American Radiological Technology Scholarship Application

Purpose and Background:

This scholarship was created to honor Louie Leskinen, a proud Inland Imaging team member and Native American. Louie was an Inland Imaging employee for 22 years in Mammography, MRI, 3D lab, and CT departments as a technologist, team leader, and later as a site director. Throughout her career at Inland Imaging, she was one of the most willing, hardworking, and capable members of our Inland Imaging team. She cared for hundreds of thousand of Inland Imaging's patients during her tenure. Louie is a direct descendant of the Colville Confederated Tribes. As such, she was raised in Naspelem, Washington on the Colville Indian Reservation. As a result of Louie's efforts to honor her heritage and Inland Imaging's efforts to honor Louie, Inland Imaging established the Louie Leskinen Native American Scholarship for Radiological Technology Students in late 2023. This is a cash scholarship of $5,000 awarded annually to Native American/American Indian Rad Tech students to help them complete their technical program.


Who can apply:

Native American/American Indian students with a high school diploma or GED that are currently enrolled or currently applying to enroll in an accredited rad tech program.


Deadline:

May 31st, 2025 - Applications for funding during the 2025-2026 school year, must be submitted on or before May 31st, 2025. A scholarship award winner and alternate will be contacted by July 1st, 2025.

Instructions

Please answer the questions below; read and attest that you read and understand the scholarship information; and upload supporting documents as .pdf, .doc, or .jpeg attachments when prompted. Two documents will need to be uploaded to this form:

  1. Proof of direct Native American descent or tribal membership. You will need to upload a document or documents demonstrating either your direct descent from a tribal member (a parent's tribal membership) or your tribal membership.
  2. Your typed responses to 3 essay questions: What is an obstacle that you have overcome in order to get to where you are now?; What motivated you to apply to rad tech school?; How do you plan to use your education help your Native community?

Thank you for your interest in this scholarship opportunity.

With which tribe are you either a direct descendant or member?

Additional Scholarship Information

Applicants must demonstrate their Native American heritage by uploading a document or documents demonstrating direct descent from a tribal member (applicant's parent's tribal membership) or the applicants tribal membership.


Applications cannot be revised once submitted.


If an applicant submits duplicate applications, only the first submission will be reviewed.


Responses to essay questions and other attachments must be uploaded as a .pdf, .jpeg, or word document (.doc). If other document types are uploaded, the student's application will be considered incomplete.


Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.


The accredited rad tech program that a scholarship recipient attends must run within the same calendar year as the application review period. EX: Scholarship recipients and alternates contacted in June 2025 must verify that they are enrolled and attending classes in an accredited rad tech program prior to January 1st, 2026.


Funds will be made available to scholarship recipients after Inland Imaging verifies that the student is active, in good standing, currently enrolled in an accredited rad tech program, and not on the OIG list of excluded individuals.


A scholarship recipient's or alternate's failure to verify active and good standing status at an accredited rad tech school prior to January 1st will result in revocation of the scholarship or alternate's status as a scholarship recipient or alternate.


Students who have their scholarship revoked will not be eligible to receive funds.


Students that qualify for this award but miss the deadline and submit applications after May 31st will be moved forward into the following year's scholarship review cycle with the same deadlines each calendar year.


Prior scholarship award winners and students in good standing that are enrolled in an accredited rad tech program may apply for a second-year award to help fund their second year of tech school.


Students that do not receive this year's award are welcome to reapply after July 1st for the following year.

Upload the following documents. Make sure your name and the date is included on each document you upload.

  1. Upload proof of either your tribal membership or the tribal membership of an immediate family member.
  2. Upload your typed response to the essay question: What is an obstacle that you have overcome in order to get to where you are now?
  3. Upload your typed response to the essay question: What motivated you or is motivating you to apply to rad tech school?
  4. Upload your typed response to the essay question: How do you plan to use your education to help your Native community.
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