BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Andre Silva
Vice President: Raquel Dias
Treasurer: Maria Pinarreta
Secretary: Ana Cerveira
Honorary Member
Attorney Frederick Q. Watt
Board Members
Ronald Borges
Tina Borges
Dominique Branco
Anne Broholm
Laurie Bullard
Betsy Keady
John Carlos Melo
Antonio Oliveira
Jeffrey Pellitier
Natercia Pereira
Jose Raposo
Gloria Santos
Maria Vieira
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LIZ LOZADA
At-risk Youth Case Manager
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Bridging the coronavirus divide: Immigrants’ Assistance Center to provide Chromebooks, supplies to ELL students
By Aimee Chiavaroli -- Posted Apr 27, 2020 at 6:50 PM $15K grant from Sen. Mark Montigny’s Children’s Equality and Empowerment Fund will allow remote learning NEW BEDFORD — Helena DaSilva Hughes, executive director of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center, remembers well...
Montigny delivers $15K grant to the IAC for underpriviledged kids
By Lurdes C. da Silva / O Jornal editor --- Posted Apr 16, 2020 at 3:43 PM NEW BEDFORD – The lack of technology at home has been a big challenge for some local immigrant families with school aged children, says Helena Hughes, the executive director of the Immigrants’...
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