Intercultural Affairs Staff
Assistant Director of Intercultural Affairs, LGBTQIA+ Student Specialist
Email: adlermic@grinnell.edu
Micho (xe/they/he) began working at 51²è¹Ýapp College on March 9th, 2020. They are the Assistant Director of Intercultural Affairs, LGBTQIA+ Student Specialist. Micho's office is in the Stonewall Resource Center (SRC) located in the lowest level of Younker Hall. Micho was born and raised in Terre...
Director of Intercultural Affairs - Laurel Scholars Student Specialist
Email: salcedoroy@grinnell.edu
Roy Salcedo (he/him/his) was born in Pico Rivera, California, and was raised in El Monte, California. His family relocated to Winterset, Iowa, a month before he turned 16. As a first-generation college student who came from a low socio-economic circumstance, he was not made aware of college until...
Director of Intercultural Affairs - Black Student Specialist
Email: spencerjenee@grinnell.edu
Jenée Spencer ( she/her/hers) was born in Chicago and lived there until her family relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, at seven years old. She moved to 51²è¹Ýapp after deciding to pursue a fresh start and new experiences. Though she wasn’t ready for the cold (like many students living in Iowa for the...
Assistant Director of Intercultural Affairs, Latinx/e Student Specialist
Email: torresadriana@grinnell.edu
Adriana Torres ( she/her/ella) grew up in Watsonville, California, a small farming town on the Pacific coast and home to the annual Watsonville Strawberry Festival. In her role as the Latinx/e Student Specialist in Intercultural Affairs (ICA), she promotes diversity, inclusion, and understanding...
Associate Chief Diversity Officer for Intercultural Student Life
Email: variavri@grinnell.edu
(she/her/hers) Vrinda Varia is from Princeton, New Jersey and attended Bryn Mawr College for a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, with a concentration in Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice and she had minor in Spanish. Vrinda later obtained her Master’s degree in Social Work with a macro focus from...