Kendra Chiota Payne

Memorial Fund

The Kendra Chiota Payne Memorial Awards are funded by a memorial endowment created from the donations of family, friends, and teammates of Kendra Chiota Payne, UCSB Class of 2006. The Memorial Fund that supports these awards is administered by the UCSB Foundation.

The Fund supports two types of internships - the first to promote Leadership for Young Women through Sports and the second to support a Global Studies graduate student in a six-month overseas internship with a non-governmental organization working for the economic advancement of women and children in Africa or Asia.

The Kendra Chiota Payne Leadership for Young Women through Sports Internship is awarded annually to a UCSB student who works to develop programs and activities for local, under-served girls to experience the personal growth, leadership and character development that participation in sports can bring. Interns work with girls at a local Santa Barbara elementary school to help instill confidence and encourage leadership through active participation in sports. 

The Kendra Chiota Payne Global Studies Award is intended to foster a sense of global citizenship and to promote leadership in international service. The recipient should embody the spirit of character, leadership, and service that was the hallmark of Kendra’s life. Hannah Haehn, the 2011 recipient is currently working in a midwifery clinic in Bali, Indonesia. Past award recipients have worked with victims of human trafficking in Taiwan, supported efforts to improve the conditions of refugees in Chad, conducted research on the experience of returned child refugees in Cambodia.

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