The Luso-American Education Foundation, in partnership with the Tulare Joint Union High School District, is promoting the 35th Annual Conference on Education, to take place Mach 25-27, in Tulare, California on the topic “Portuguese-American Communities: Our Heritage — Our Future.”  More than 250 people are expected to attend.

The Luso-American Education Foundation was organized by a group of citizens of Portuguese origin in 1963. The Foundation’s goals are to foster, sponsor and perpetuate the Portuguese language and culture in the United States. The Foundation provides scholarships and educational grants in various categories and sponsors student exchange programs, annual education conferences, summer youth educational camps and Portuguese Day activities.