Connie Lesold

Constance (Connie) Lesold grew up in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, graduating from UNC at Greensborough on a full scholarship awarded by the state of North Carolina to the children of 100% disabled veterans from WW2. She also earned her MSW from the Smith College School of Social Work in 1965, once again on a full scholarship, this time from the US government of the Kennedy Administration, which provided scholarships in social work generously at that time. Her professional work in a variety of settings has taken second place to her volunteer efforts, including work with homeless organizations, community gardens, court monitoring projects, Haitian nonprofits, etc., in Brooklyn, New York, where she has lived for most of her adult life. While maintaining extensive family ties in North Carolina and Virginia. At the age of 88, she is thrilled to be able to continue to search for a life and society dedicated to the rights and general welfare of all people.