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- ↑ "Two Vincentians on US Fellowship Programme". thevincentian.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ↑ missionbb (2020-12-15). "Two Vincentians Head to the United States on the Prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program". U.S. Embassy in Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and the OECS. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
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