Accepting Diversity | Lester Alemán | TEDxGrinnellCollege

Lester Alemán talks about welcoming and accepting diversity in an increasingly heterogeneous society.

Lester Alemán was born and raised in Los Angeles. His family emigrated to the United States during the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua. He is a first-generation college student and attended Grinnell College as a Posse Scholar. During his time at Grinnell, he was an active member of multiple student groups but is most known for having developed and written the College’s first gender-neutral housing policy as director of the Stonewall Resource Center. Since graduating in 2007, he has worked at The Posse Foundation’s Los Angeles office as a trainer and program director. He has helped develop, encourage, and support a strong cadre of young adults entering some of the nation’s most competitive and prestigious colleges and universities.

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