Welcome

We are four college graduates from the United States currently living in Caxias do Sul and working as English Teaching Assistants (ETAs) at UCS. We arrived in March and will stay until the middle of November.

We're here through the Fulbright program—an international exchange program run by the State Department meant to increase mutual understanding between people in the United States and other countries. It was the brainchild of Arkansas senator William J. Fulbright, who in 1945 proposed that the US use excess war funds to fund international exchange.

Since President Truman signed the program into law in 1946, approximately 370,000 Fulbrighters—students, scholars, teachers, professionals, artists, and scientists from both the US and abroad—have participated in it. Among these Fulbrighters are hundreds of Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, MacArthur Fellows, and heads of state.

Needless to say, we're super proud to be participate in the program and excited to learn more about Caxias do Sul and the rest of the Brazil. 

Adam Vincent is from Morristown, New Jersey. He studied communication and humanities at Villanova University.

Alex Aronovich is from Plymouth, Minnesota. He studied economics and cinema studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Barbara Pajor is from Oak Lawn, Illinois. She studied International Business and Spanish at Monmouth College.

Justine Scattarelli is from Minnneapolis, Minnesota. She studied English and International Studies at the University of Iowa.