CLAS Summer 2025 FLAS Fellows

The Center for Latin American Studies congratulates its nine Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship recipients for summer 2025!
Evan Beard, an undergraduate student double majoring in Linguistics and Romance Studies with a minor in International Relations will study Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil through the Florida International University program
Victoria Cataloni, a graduate student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese focusing in Hispanic Linguistics will study Portuguese in Curitiba, Brazil through IPAST, a partnership between the Center for Latin American Studies and Federal University of Parana, Brazil
Jack Foppiani, a graduate student in Latin American Studies will study Portuguese in Curitiba, Brazil through IPAST, a partnership between the Center for Latin American Studies and Federal University of Parana, Brazil
Gabriel Gorre, a graduate student in Political Science will study Portuguese in Sao Paulo, Brazil through the Tulane University program
Mary Grzybowski, an undergraduate student majoring in Linguistics, with a double minor in Portuguese and Geographic Information Systemswill study Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil through the Florida International University program
Max Jensen, a graduate student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese focusing in Hispanic Linguistics will study Ecuadorian Quechua in Ecuador at the Iyarina Amazon & Andes Field School
Ellie Munoz, an undergraduate student majoring in Romance Studies with a minor in Studio Art will study Portuguese in Sao Paulo, Brazil through the Tulane University program
Lindsay Naumann-Montoya, a graduate student in Agricultural Communication, Education and Leadership will study Spanish at Centro Catalina in Medellin, Colombia
Liz Rockwell, a graduate student in the School of Music will study Portuguese at Instituto Clara Ramos in Salvador, Brazil
The summer FLAS Fellowship program awards fellowships to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students who are seeking to complete an intensive language program over the summer term. Intensive programs meet 15-20 hours per week for at least six weeks, meaning that students complete the equivalent of a whole year’s language study over the course of a couple of months. The fellowship provides a stipend and tuition benefit to students. Funding for FLAS comes from a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to CLAS.