CJ Souza elected Bristol student trustee

FALL RIVER - Bristol Community College student CJ Souza, of Fall River, has been elected the college’s student trustee for 2019-2020.

Souza is studying early childhood education at Bristol, where he is a work-study student in the college’s Student and Family Engagement office. Upon completing his degree at Bristol this coming spring, Souza plans to gain experience working in a preschool before transferring to a four-year institution to pursue a bachelor’s degree in special education and a career as an early intervention specialist.

Bristol’s student trustee is elected annually by their peers to serve as a student representative and member of the Bristol Community College Board of Trustees. Bristol’s Board of Trustees is made up of regional business and community leaders, who work tirelessly to ensure the college’s institutional initiatives remain at the highest level of quality.