Lesley Yoder

I became a Terror F1RSTS Advocate so that I can help *all* students feel safe, supported, and empowered here at BU, and so I can foster a more comfortable, compassionate, and inclusive classroom community for my own students. I was also a first-gen graduate student myself, studying a second language (abroad, for part of it), and the imposter syndrome was and continues to be all too real! I’m here to listen, support, and encourage in any way I can.

• Gender Identity and Pronouns: she/her/hers
• Hometown: Olmsted Falls, OH
  
• Languages Spoken: English, French
• Business/ Industry of Interest: Art and Humanities
• Personal Facts/ Hobbies/ Interests: Course topics: Autobiographical comics (graphic memoirs); Flânerie & urban exploration; Global citizenship and social, racial, and linguistic justice (courses for multilingual students). Other interests: Walking and wandering (preferably among the trees and/or in faraway lands); family fun time and dogs; lettering and calligraphy; vintage graphics and paper ephemera; and escaping through way too much crap TV that I should probably feel guilty about (but I don’t).
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