Lesley Cosme Torres
Education ReporterLesley Cosme Torres is an Education Reporter at Connecticut Public. She reports on education inequities across the state and also focuses on Connecticut's Hispanic and Latino residents, with a particular focus on the Puerto Rican community. Her coverage spans from LGBTQ+ discrimination in K-12 schools, book ban attempts across CT, student mental health concerns, and more. She reports out of Fairfield county and Hartford.
Prior to her current position, Lesley was a Spanish misinformation reporter for the Miami Herald where she focused on misinformation targeting Latino communities.
She received her master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley with an emphasis on investigative reporting and covering Latino communities in the U.S. Lesley earned her undergraduate degree at Penn State University where she was a reporter for the Centre Daily Times and the Daily Collegian.
Her reporting has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, WLRN, and KQED.
Lesley can be reached at ltorres@ctpublic.org.
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“This affirmative action decision by the Supreme Court, which I believe is wrong, is giving us an opportunity to really be innovative," Cardona said. -
The State Department of Higher Education held a webinar Thursday providing an update on the course of action former Stone Academy students can take to continue their education. -
Students are being urged to share more information about their background and lived experiences, especially students of color. -
Los abogados de los exalumnos de la Stone Academy presentaron una demanda colectiva contra la escuela de enfermería. El pleito se suma a otro ya instado por la oficina del Procurador General. -
The lawsuit, which represents students who attended Stone Academy from 2018 to 2023, says the school’s owner and CEO failed to deliver on the education promised to them and misled them for weeks about the school’s closure.
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The Old Lyme Public Library’s Board of Trustees deciced to keep two adolescent sex education books in the library’s tween-teen section. The board met on July 11 to discuss the future of the books. -
Through the Connecticut Summer at the Museum program, children and an accompanying adult will gain free admission to several state museums, aiming to encourage learning and exploration during the summer months. -
The union representing professors and staff at the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system are speaking out against against planned budget cuts -
El informe hace hincapié en la gran necesidad de servicios asequibles de cuidado en la niñez temprana. -
El senador Tony Hwang indicó que el primer paso para abordar el tema de la salud mental es retirar el estigma que lo rodea.
