4 Pitt alumni were named Fulbright English Teaching Assistants to Brazil

The Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program places grantees in schools overseas to supplement local English language instruction and to provide a native speaker presence in the classrooms. The following alumni will be headed to Brazil for the program in the beginning of 2018:

• John McGovern, of Media, Pennsylvania, is a 2016 graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Portuguese minor with a certificate in Latin American Studies. He’ll be a teaching assistant in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISOS).
• Daniel Snyder, of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, is a 2017 graduate with a Bachelor of Science in economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Hispanic languages and literatures, as well as a Portuguese minor with a certificate in Latin American Studies. He’ll be a teaching assistant at the Federal University of Piauí.
• Sophia Winston, of Merion, Pennsylvania, is a 2016 graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and urban studies, and a Portuguese minor with a certificate in Latin American Studies. She’ll be a teaching assistant at Viçosa, Minas Gerais at the Federal University of Viçosa.
• Benjamin Zhu, of Livermore, California, is a 2016 graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and chemistry and Chinese minors. He’ll be a teaching assistant at State University of Londrina.