07/02/2026
SWK major, Bianca Rego ‘28, received the Summer 2026 Global Smith Fellowship to Buenos Aires, Argentina, this summer! For over a month now, she has been playing a new role at Colegio Elmina Paz de Gallo, as the first PC Smith Fellow to serve with the Dominican sisters in Buenos Aires. In this school placement, she has contributed to English coordination at every grade level, from Primary to Secondary, through planned lessons and presentations, as well as interactive activities in the classroom. Outside of the classroom, Bianca has shown up for her students in a variety of ways, whether this be attending holiday celebrations with primary students, helping lead pastoral groups, going on field trips (to a theatre and an elderly home), or taking part in a retreat with secondary students in a distant province, Cordoba.
Through both avid engagement in the community and independent research, Bianca has gained new perspectives on the learning needs of different age groups and the role of school social workers in a different national context, as well as some of the national history of Argentina and significant social and political movements rooted in cities like Buenos Aires, the capital.
