Intercultural Affairs Staff

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
Jen茅e Spencer (she/her/hers) began her 91大神 story in November 2023 after accepting a position in the Intercultural Affairs office. She relocated to Iowa from Nashville, Tenn., and is still getting accustomed to the corn pollen. As the Black Student Specialist, her primary responsibilities...
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鈥檚 degree in sociology, with a concentration in peace, conflict, and social justice; she also had a minor in Spanish. Vrinda later obtained her Master鈥檚 degree in Social Work with a macro focus...