Advancing Portuguese-American Students

Annual Fundraising and Scholarship Awards Luncheon

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Congratulations to our 2020 Scholarship Recipients!

Tatiana Abrantes

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Nathan Pacheco

College of Nursing and Health Sciences at UMass Dartmouth

Tristan Correia

Fairfield University

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Julia Terra-Salomão

Hudson High School

Raquel da Costa

Bishop Stang High School

About the Scholarship Fund

The fund is intended to provide scholarships for Portuguese-American students pursuing careers in the health field.

Colleagues and friends of the late Dr. Leitão established the Fund in his honor in 2015 with the objective of holding an annual fundraising luncheon to celebrate his legacy and present scholarships to future physicians and other health professionals in New England.

About Dr. Edward Leitão

Dr. Edward O. Leitão passed away in Boston on February 4, 2015, after a courageous fight with bladder cancer. Ed was a dear friend and colleague who served Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) for several decades as a well-respected internist and medical director

Scholarship Applications

Merit-based scholarships are available to Portuguese-American applicants who live and/or study in New England. The eligibility criteria and application requirements are listed in the four categories below. Applications are usually accepted from early October to early December. The 2020 scholarship application deadline was December 9, 2019.

See our 2020 Scholarship Recipients above.