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Não adianta ficar por aí errando
por lugares provisórios recorrendo
janelas portas casas ruas que olhando
são do mundo avistado uma miragem
Fragmentos animados em breves cenas
impelem a prosseguir e obrigam a ficar
refém do seguir em frente na viagem
de passo a passo a vida ir passando.
-Carolina Matos
Carolina Matos, the founder and editor of Portuguese Portuguese American Journal online, was the Editor-in-Chief for The Portuguese American Journal, in print, from 1985 to 1995. From 1995 to 2010, she was a consultant for Lisbon based Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD). She holds a Doctorate in Education from Lesley University, and is is currently an adjunct professor at Lesley University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. In 2004, Carolina Matos was honored with the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique presented by Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal.