Commonly known around campus as Manny: The Man from N.Y, Manuel Coutinho is brings an array of diversity to UGA. This native New Yorker is the Co-President of the SuperSibs chapter at UGA, an organization affiliated with Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, serves as the Hispanic Student Association Community Outreach Coordinator, and is a Catholic Student Association Executive Board member.
 Along with holding several executive positions on various campus organizations, Manny also tutors at Oasis Catolico, an after school tutoring program for Latino children in Athens-Clarke county area, volunteers at homeless shelters as well as at the cardiology unit at Athens Regional Hospital, and he currently works in the Division of Academic Enhancement at UGA. He is a 4th year student studying Heath Promotion in the College of Public Heath and dreams of becoming a pediatrician one day.
Manny is a first generation college student and is also a recipient of HOPE, Coca-Cola, and various other scholarships.
Although this campus celebs, hails all the way from the Big Apple, he is of Portuguese decent and extremely proud of it. Manny speaks, reads, and writes Portuguese and Spanish fluently. He spent this past summer on the islands off the coast of mainland Portugal and the Azores Islands, working with The Atlantis Project teaching English to the native people, working with an OB-GYN, a neonatologist, and a general surgeon.
His passion for medicine has taken him around the world. Prior to going to Portugal, Manny went on a medical brigade to Tena, Ecuador with MedLife to volunteer at a mobile clinic for individuals who did not have access to heath care.
“Shadowing the pediatrician in Ecuador solidified my desire [to become a physician],” Manny said.
Think you’ll find this celeb hiding away in a lab? Guess again! You will most likely spot Manny wearing a soccer jersey from his favorite Portuguese team, Sporting Clube Portugal.  When Manny is not studying or volunteering, he’s playing soccer. All year round, he plays outdoor and indoor intermural soccer for the Hispanic Student Association’s team. When he is not on the field, he is either watching soccer or playing FIFA. Manny is also a big fan of the New York Giants and the New York Yankees.