This year, 8 more young Portuguese-Americans were able to reap the invaluable benefits of the PALCUS Internship Program as we celebrated its tenth anniversary. PALCUS extends special appreciation to JB Fernandes Memorial Trust I and the Luso-American Development Foundation for their support of the Internship Program. The 8 interns who were selected to participate and placed in positions this summer by PALCUS are as follows:

PALCUS Interns Placed in Positions in Lisbon, Portugal Nancy Horta Nancy Horta of Brookfield, CT, studying Finance at Fordham University. Nancy is interning at the American Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal for the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service/U.S. Department of Commerce. Daniel Guerra Daniel Guerra of San Leandro, CA, studying Political Science and Portuguese at the University of California - Berkeley. He is interning at the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) in Lisbon, Portugal. PALCUS Interns with Positions in the United States Alexandrina Gomes Alexandrina Gomes of Fall River, MA, studying Political Science at Mt. Holyoke College. She is interning at both the office of The Honorable Barney Frank on Capitol Hill and the Embassy of East Timor in Washington, D.C. Janelle Santos Janelle Santos of Auburn, CA, studying Urban Planning and Economics at Cal State - Sacramento. Janelle is interning at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Planning in Washington, D.C. Alexandra Coelho Alexandra Coelho of Bedminster, NJ, studying Information Systems at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Alexandra is interning at the Portuguese Consulate in New Jersey Gerrianne Monteiro Gerrianne Monteiro of Edison, NJ, studying Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University. She is interning at the Portuguese Consulate in New York Ana Jordao Ana Jordao of Hillside, NJ, studying Sociology and Portuguese at Rutgers University. Ana is interning at the Portuguese Consulate in New York.

To find out more about the PALCUS Summer Internship Program and to apply for the Summer Internship Program, please click the following link:Summer Internship Program