San Juan, Puerto Rico

Giovanni, 28, completed a bachelor’s in philosophy at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome and continued theological studies at the University of Navarra in Spain. He was the pastoral director and a teacher of ethics and religion at the San Juan Bosco Salesian College in Cantera, San Juan, Puerto Rico, while working toward a master’s in history at the Pontifical Catholic University in Ponce. Giovanni assisted with the Salesian social project and served as a tutor in the youth program in one of the poorest sectors in San Juan. (USA Central and Southern Province)