This scholarship program is a component of the larger national scholarship program Benito Juárez, which is led by the Coordinación Nacional de Becas para el Bienestar Benito Juárez (CNBBBJ). The program aims to guarantee inclusive, equitable, and quality education to students at all educational levels. The Elisa Acuña scholarship is specifically created to support students, recent graduates and teachers from tertiary public institutions. It also privileges gender equity and does not discrminate on physical ableness, economic, social or cultural backgrounds. Also, one of the program's specific objectives is to contribute to the access, permanence and completion of basic education for girls and adolescents in vulnerable context, aggravated by pregnancy and early motherhood.