Sagrado Peace Corps Prep
Sagrado It is the first and only university in Puerto Rico to have an alliance with the Peace Corps.
Peace Corps Prep (PC Prep) is a certificate program for college students focused on one empowering question: How can you prepare to be a change agent and make a difference in the world?
The PC Prep program:
- It is aligned with the curriculum of Sagrado.
- Encourages students to integrate academic work with practical experiences and professional development.
- It prepares you to respond to the demands of the labor market.
Peace Corps has identified four core competencies that are critical to becoming an effective professional in cross-cultural workplaces, including work as a Peace Corps Volunteer, and that PC Prep participants will develop as part of the program:
Training in a work sector
Mastery of a foreign language
intercultural competence
Professionalism and leadership
Upon completion of the program, participants will:
All undergraduate students enrolled in Sagrado are invited to join PC Prep.
You can join at any time before you graduate from Sagrado. PC Prep seeks to programmatically strengthen students' professionalism, their commitment to the community, their internationalization and cultural intelligence and prepare them to be agents of change in one of the six (6) focus areas of Peace Corps:
To join PC Prep:
Apply to join PC Prep!
Participate in PC Prep mentoring and professional development throughout your degree program.
Learn more about activities you can get involved in as a PC Prep participant:
study abroad
Sagrado Careers
Volunteers from Puerto Rico
For students interested in traveling and working outside the U.S.
Learn more about what Peace Corps Volunteers do!
Learn about the financial and professional benefits to be a Volunteer. These videos of Volunteers of Peace Corps show the experience of living and working abroad:
Contact information for program coordinators
Cassandra M. Vega Rivera
Peace Corps Prep Advisor
787-728-1515, 5331
cassandram.vega@sagrado.edu
Sagrado Careers, Sagrado Corazón 001-A
Sofia Lopez
Coordinator of Short-Term Visits Program
787-728-1515 Ext. 5362
Sofia. Lopez@sagrado.edu
Sagrado Careers, Sagrado Corazón 001-A
Aniello Alberti Poventud
International Experiences Advisor
aniello.alberti@sagrado.edu
787-728-1515 Ext. 5613
Sagrado Careers, Sagrado Corazón 001-A