- Education: St. Lawrence University, B.A., Spanish with honors, minor in Caribbean and Latin American Studies, University of Buffalo, M.A., Caribbean Cultural Studies (candidate).
While at St. Lawrence Jesús was involved in many community service, human rights, and social justice campaigns. He also worked with Oxfam, Amnesty International, Habitat for Humanity, and the Latino Multicultural Alliance. Jesús completed a year-long study abroad program in Madrid, Spain during his sophomore year and a semester-long program in San Jose, Costa Rica his junior year. He has traveled widely, including a four month long trip through Southeast Asia. His best travel memories include hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, riding camels by the Pyramids of Giza, seeing the Mayan ruins of Tikal, going to the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, trekking for 20 days through five countries in Central America, hiking a volcano in Lombok, Indonesia, and crawling through Vietcong tunnels in Vietnam. Jesús was recently awarded a Fellowship at the University of Buffalo to undertake a Master’s degree in Caribbean Cultural Studies. 2011 was Jesús’ third summer with Putney Student Travel. He led our Language Learning Costa Rica program in 2009, Community Service Costa Rica in 2010, and Community Service Dominican Republic in 2011. Jesús is fluent in Spanish.
