Student Support & Resources

Access all of the resources and information available for our student members in one place.

2025 HDA Annual Meeting & Student Regional Conference
Date: September 18-20, 2025
Location: Marriott Harbor Beach Resort, Fort Lauderdale FL

• Register Here - Registration includes:
• Thursday Sept. 18 tour of NSU campus
• Breakfast - Friday & Saturday
• Lunch - Friday & Saturday
• Friday - Welcome Reception
• Saturday - Presidents Beach Sunset Party
• Up to 14 hours of CE
• School Fair
• Book Hotel - A discounted room rate is available for all meeting attendees. Reservation deadline Aug. 28, 2025
• Room Rate: $199 per night + taxes
  
• Student Rate: $179 per night + taxes (Limited availability for students only)
• Location: 3030 Holiday Drive, Fort Lauderdale FL. The Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa is 5.0 miles from the Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport

• Expand your professional network
• Get FREE resume review from experts
• Search and apply for dental jobs
• Upload your resume
• Create job alerts
• Access career resources

• Virtual events such as panels, Q&As, live webinars, etc. 
• In person networking at national HDA meetings

HDA Foundation Scholarships - Application Cycle - COMING SOON

NUESTROS NINOS CONTEST - COMING SOON
Contest program designed to address oral health care issues, prevention and oral care strategies for Hispanic children. $5,000 awarded to winning case study. Submission deadline: May 31, 2025

HDA Student Research Poster Competition - COMING SOON
Abstracts related to Dentistry and/or Hispanic population. 1st place winner receives $1500 and publication in the Journal of the Hispanic Dental Association (JHDA)

E.P.I.C. Challenge - COMING SOON
Top 10 HSDA chapters selected for a 6 month long challenge to raise oral health awareness via social media ($1500 each for completing) Grand Prize $3000

Orgullo Awards - COMING SOON
Video competition focused on prevention and promotion of Crest Oral-B products. First Place Prize $2500

• NIH Patient Brochures
• Oral Health Education Pamphlets 
• Bilingual Student Flipbook - for template request contact [email protected]
• Spanish Oral Health Literacy Presentation
• Older Adults Presentation Grant
• BOLD Grant - Mentorship program designed to introduce dentistry as a career option to under-represented minorities. Grants available up to $1000 for outreach presentations and workshops geared from Head Start/Elementary to High School/Undergraduate students
• Dental Career Day Presentations
• HDA Outreach & BOLD Event Report - Events with completed reports may be featured on our social media and be eligible for end of year awards

For additional information and support contact:
Lydia M. Ruiz: [email protected] - Membership and Chapter information
Nicole Maldonado: [email protected] - BOLD Information