This new scholarship was established in memory of former Travis County Women Lawyers' Association president Ana Mejia-Dietche, who fought a valiant battle against ovarian cancer before passing away on February 24, 2024.  Ana took her undergraduate degree at Yale and graduated from Catholic University School of Law in 1988.  Her legal employment history included Legal Aid and the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C., after which she moved to nonprofit management and grant writing.  The latter led her to a grant writing instructor position at Austin Community College.  Ana served as the director of the Healthcare Workforce Alliance of Central Texas, where she worked tirelessly to help aspiring nurses to receive their degrees and go on to accept positions where they could play pivotal healthcare roles in their communities, and she served on numerous nonprofit boards that focused on women and law, women’s history, family violence, and children.

Donations to the Ana Mejia-Dietche Scholarship will be awarded annually to a University of Texas School of Law student who shows – through community service and activities at the law school – exceptional promise of being a leader in the community.  We humbly ask for donations in any category below.  Your contributions will go a long way to help struggling law students become more empowered to take positions that help the less fortunate in our community. 

We are so pleased to announce that Ana’s husband, Chris Dietche, has generously offered to match the first $10,000 in donations to the scholarship in Ana’s name.  Names of major donors will be revealed at the October 17 event unless anonymity is requested. 

Donor Categories:

$1,000

$500

$250

$100

$50

Other

Donations can be made in person at the October 17 event, can be made online, or can be mailed to TCWLA Scholarship Fund, c/o Amie Rodnick, 507 West 7th Street, Austin, TX  78701.