Mike Rowe Works: Julian Barcelos, Rhode Island’s Scholarship Recipient signed the S.W.E.A.T. Pledge

hoose the trade, not just the trend: North Providence graduate earns $13,500 Mike Rowe scholarship

By: Nancy Thomas

Outlets: RINewsToday

Published: August 23, 2026

Words: 1,676

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Julian Barcelos is headed to IYRS in Newport to train in Marine Systems — a path he began exploring while still in high school.

Julian Barcelos has always been “better in water than on land,” according to his mother, Manuela Barcelos. When he was young and learning to swim, Julian’s swim lesson began by him taking off his “swimmies” and just swimming. Years later, he became a member of the North Providence High School swim …

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