Dear Pro­gram in Latin Amer­i­can Studies,

As a ris­ing junior in the anthro­pol­ogy depart­ment, I was able to do an intern­ship in Rio de Janeiro with the Ful­bright Commission/Education USA because of PLAS’ gra­cious fund­ing towards my expenses to travel there. This intern­ship com­pletely changed my mind about study abroad and widened the scope of my intel­lec­tual inter­ests at Prince­ton. I want to per­son­ally thank the PLAS for giv­ing me this oppor­tu­nity and allow­ing me to have this won­der­ful experience.

I chose this par­tic­u­lar intern­ship because I have always been inter­ested in edu­ca­tion and edu­ca­tion pol­icy, espe­cially asso­ci­ated with under­priv­i­leged stu­dents in urban envi­ron­ments. I am also get­ting a cer­tifi­cate in the Latin Amer­i­can Stud­ies depart­ment and my aca­d­e­mic inter­ests have included many top­ics in Latin Amer­ica. This par­tic­u­lar intern­ship seemed to fit not only my aca­d­e­mic inter­ests but also many pas­sions I have for my future goals. The Ful­bright Com­mis­sion serves as a type of col­lege coun­sel­ing for Brazil­ian stu­dents who wish to study in the U.S. As an intern for them, I had many projects assigned to me rang­ing from basic office work to research­ing edu­ca­tional pro­grams and pro­vid­ing advice from my expe­ri­ence from attend­ing a uni­ver­sity in the U.S.

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