CLAS Awards Two Prestigious Scholarships for Virtual Internships in Latin America in 2021

The Center for Latin American Studies’ virtual internship grants are made possible thanks to the generous support of the Monica Miller Walsh Undergraduate Summer Internship Fund, the Pessoa-Trejos Undergraduate Internship in Brazil Fund, the Stanford Global Studies Internship Fund, and the generosity of CLAS' individual supporters.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CLAS 2021 INTERNSHIP AWARDEES!

 

2021 Pessoa-Trejos Internship Grant Awardee

Available to Stanford undergraduate students interested in completing an independent and self-arranged virtual internship in Brazil.

Isabel Calero Forero

B.A. in International Relations '23

Country: Brazil (virtual)

Organization: Fundação Getulio Vargas - Center for Social Policy

Term: Winter-Spring 2021

 

2021 Monica MiIler Walsh Internship Grant Awardees

Available to Stanford undergraduate students interested in completing an independent and self-arranged virtual internship in Latin American countries, excluding Brazil.

Ignacio Blanco Valera

B.S. in Chemical Engineering '21

Country: Guanacaste, Costa Rica 

Organization: Nampuma Naki NGO

Term: Winter-Spring 2021

 

Nancy Lopez-Alvarez 

B.A. in Psychology '21

Country: Mexico (virtual) 

Organization: Fundación del Empresariado Sonorense, A.C. (FESAC)

Term: Winter-Spring 2021

 

Mercedes Thompson 

B.A. in Cultural Anthropology & Earth Systems '22

Country: Mexico (virtual)

Organization: Aerobotany Project

Term: Winter-Spring 2021

 

To view students perspectives and experiences from previous internship grantees click here.