Title:Contributing Writer
Location:New York, New York
Education:B.S. in Journalism, Boston University
Experience
Lesley Téllez is a journalist, cookbook author and culinary entrepreneur whose work explores food, identity and culture. Her articles and recipes, many about Mexican cooking, have been published in Taste, Eater, Bon Appétit, The New York Times, New Worlder, Saveur, Food & Wine, the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times and Serious Eats, among other publications. From 2009 to 2015, Lesley authored the award-winning Mexican food and travel blog The Mija Chronicles.
Lesley is a recipient of a 2022 residency fellowship from the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. She is an alumna of the Community of Writers fiction workshop, the Yale Writers' Workshop in fiction, and the Tin House Summer Workshop.
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