SENIA Conference Scholarship

Conference Scholarship

The SENIA Conference Scholarship offers 10 individual members (not groups) the opportunity to attend a SENIA Conferences free of charge. This is intended for conference applicants who require financial support and would not be able to attend the conference without this support.

For more information, reach out to us: Awards@SeniaInternational.org

1. Read The Details

Purpose

  • -Provide the community an opportunity to attend SENIA Conferences who might not be able to afford it.
  • -Support SENIA’s mission of providing opportunities to network.
  • -Support SENIA’s vision to make resources accessible.

Rules and Regulations

  • -Fill in the application fully and honestly.
  • -Candidates May self-nominate.

Selection Process

Approved applicants are placed in an electronic lottery system and 10 lucky recipients will be selected for free admission to the SENIA conferences

Benefits

The recipients of the SENIA Conference Scholarship will receive the following:

  • -Free admission to the SENIA Conference
  • -Access to all workshops and keynote speakers
  • -Access to sponsor booths and learning opportunities provided at the conference

2. Complete The Application

Miggie Shum

Miggie Shum

Director of Growth & Development

Miggie Shum is a trilingual speech and language pathologist with over 10 years of experience working with school-aged children and their families. Originally from Hong Kong, she is a certified member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, and holds Bachelor ‘s and Master ‘s degrees in Communication Disorders. Prior moving to Vietnam in 2020, Miggie has worked closely with families and teachers in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macau. She attended her first SENIA conference in Shanghai in 2011, and is excited to become part of a passionate team of professionals to promote awareness of special education and inclusion. Miggie will also be joining the local SENIA Chapter in Vietnam as the Events Coordinator for Ho Chi Minh City.

Jay Lingo

Jay Lingo

Director of Marketing

Jerome Lingo is currently teaching in the Hong Kong Academy as a Secondary School Learning Support Teacher focused in Mathematics. He finished his masters degree in Multidisciplinary Studies in State University of New York, Buffalo State. Prior to Hong Kong, he taught in several international school across the globe, namely, International School of Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, American International School of Johannesburg in South Africa and Academia Cotopaxi in Quito, Ecuador where he co-built the first intensive learning support program in South America and had the privilege to present among other educators in Association of American Schools in South America (AASA) conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is also a part of the board of directors for the SENIA Hong Kong Chapter. On top of teaching, he is also a volleyball coach in his former and present schools. An adrenaline junkie and enjoys seeing the world while ticking some bucket list activities – Skydiving in Cape Town, swimming with the whale sharks, paragliding in Brazil, and swimming at the edge of a waterfall to name a few.