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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Advocates traveled to the state Capitol in Hartford to mark one year since the complaint was filed with the state Board of Education, after an investigation found that the school board failed to meet the mental health needs of Killingly students by rejecting plans for the health center. -
The rally, organized by several conservative groups, gathered in front of the UConn School of Law building in Hartford Friday. Protesters say gender and sexuality should not be a part of school curriculum. -
Gov. Ned Lamont and state Department of Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker announced the state is preparing to launch the Connecticut High-Dosage Tutoring Program. -
Some Connecticut state legislators are proposing a student loan reimbursement pilot program. -
Cafeteria workers at Amity Middle School in Bethany say they feel overworked after the extension of a program offering free lunches to students through the end of the academic year. -
Members of the Connecticut Education Association gathered at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford Wednesday to encourage the passage of two bills designed to enhance the teaching profession.
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The rallies were organized by the group Child Care for Connecticut’s Future in six cities and towns across the state. In Stamford, advocates, child care providers and parents rallied outside of a preschool, calling for better working conditions. -
Husky Harvest, at UConn Waterbury, is moving to a larger space after its original opening on Jan. 17. -
Gov. Ned Lamont joined parents and community leaders in Bridgeport to support House Bill 6663. The proposed legislation would require Connecticut public schools to provide translation services for parents who don’t speak English. -
A group of seventh-grade girls in Darien set up a GoFundMe for earthquake victims.
