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Jovino Peres
Jovino Peres is a Cape Verdean community volunteer. He has been involved with the Cape Verdean community since his days in Lisbon, Portugal. He then carried his volunteer work onto the US when he went there in 1984

Early Life
Born in Brava, Cape Verde in October of 1942, then went to Lisbon Portugal when he was only 6 years of age. Jovino lived in Lisbon with his mother and his uncle also named 'Jovino', he attended school there and finished the 9th grade.

Mid-Life
He then started to work as a courier and his good work ethics allowed him to move up and the company was installing the first computer systems in the early 1960s and put him through school to learn to operate the first UNIVAC systems in Portugal. After his first years in the computer industry, many doors opened and he moved on to work at Regisconta, later called NCR and after moving to GasLimpo which also was renamed 'Lisnave'. His last job in Portugal was the largest civil engineering company in Portugal and one of the largest in Europe, called Ilidio Monteiro.

Jovino immigrated to the United States in 1984. He went with his two children and lived in Pawtucket for about 4 years. While in the US, he worked at his cousin's Print Shop - CopyMasters located in Taunton, MA.

Post Retirement
Jovino got involved in the Cape Verdean community as a volunteer and as a representative of the Cape Verdean Community in the Americas. He worked in the Association of Cape Verde in Brockton, where they helped numerous families with difficulties in family, finance and legal matters.