Meet the Team

Special thanks to Natalia Melo for her work at the Saab Center for Portuguese Studies, including her assistance on the Greater Boston Portuguese American Archive (PADA).

Steering Committee

  • Carlos DeSousa, Member, Saab Center Advisory Board
  • Analise Saab, Member, Saab Center Advisory Board
  • Maria Lobao, Member, Saab Center Advisory Board
  • Glen Mello, Member, Saab Center Advisory Board 
  • Daniel R. Melo, Member, Saab Center Advisory Board
  • Helena Santos-Martins, Member, Saab Center Advisory Board
  • Celeste Bernardo, Superintendent, Lowell National Historical Park
  • Carolyn Brooks, Director of Development, College of Fine Arts and Social Sciences, UMass Lowell
  • Luis Falcon, Dean, College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, UMass Lowell
  • Susan Grabski, Director, Lawrence History Center
  • Jenny Benedict, Director, Sawyer Free Public Library (Gloucester)
  • Aileen Sanchez-Himes, Director, Hudson Public Library (not yet confirmed)