Interview With ​Alberto Ledesma

Alberto Ledesma can be considered one of the early Dreamers in the United States. He currently works as Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at UC Berkeley. He is also a writer and cartoonist and has published an illustrated book titled Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer. In this interview with Héctor Rendón, Alberto Ledesma talks about his undocumented origins, his journey through the American education system, his work as a writer and illustrator, and much more.

Interview ​by
Héctor Rendón
​4/6/2021

Héctor "Vale" Rendón (Mazatlán, México) is a publisher, writer, academic, and journalist. He has written three novels and has lived in five different countries. During his years as a journalist, he worked for more than a decade as editor, foreign correspondent, TV reporter, multimedia reporter, and editor-in-chief for several media outlets. Then he joined academia and has worked teaching and doing research at higher education institutions for eight years; his main areas of academic study are focused on media narratives about minorities in different social contexts. Throughout his life he has received several awards and grants that support both his academic and creative work.​

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