QuaVardis Gomes
Program Coordinator

QuaVardis Gomes has been a teacher in the Boston and Brockton Public Schools. She has been educating students from the elementary to the high school level since 1995. Although, she is certified in Social Studies she has taught English, Mathematics, Peace Resolutions, coached Double Dutch, and taught crochet to her students. Ms. Gomes received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Framingham State College in 1993, majoring in Geography. She has been focusing her graduate studies in the area of Cultural Anthropology with a focus on Capeveredean Culture. She also is committed to teaching English to Kriolu and Portuguese speaking adults. She is writing for CaboVerdeOnline.com and is also a contributing writer of “Fandata”. QuaVardis is a dedicated member of the Marion Community Baptist Church of Marion, MA, which her father Rev. Dr. Gomes is the Pastor.

Ms. Gomes is a third generation Cape Verdean and has always desired to go to Cabo Verde and give her heart to Gods call. Having visited Cape Verde in 1998, with the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College under the leadership of Dr. Joao Monteiro and Dr. Richard Lobban, Ms. Gomes decided she would return to Cabo Verde, after her graduate studies to work with the children of Cabo Verde. Ines Silva and Indiana Burgo visited M.C.B.C. and Ms. Gomes became interested in working with Cabo Verde Children Project. By directing the missions work at her church, she organized a committee that raised funds for our program and informed others of the needs of Cabo Verde. When we approached QuaVardis about the need for volunteers to work with us in Cabo Verde she immediately agreed to go.

"When I was in Cabo Verde visiting schools or meeting children in villages, and on the street I kept hearing the same message that they would say, “Stay and be my teacher.” This is something I have not forgotten and hope to fulfill with CV Children Project and God!”

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