Center for Diversity & Student Leadership

The Center for Diversity & Student Leadership (CDSL) supports first-generation, low-income, transfer, veteran, and undocumented/DACA students, and cultivates leadership development opportunities for all students.

Our Mission

The mission of the Center for Diversity & Student Leadership (CDSL) is two-fold:

  • to provide education, support, and advocacy to and on behalf of first generation, low-income, transfer, and undocumented/DACA, and veteran students. Through programmatic initiatives, resources, and services we foster personal, social, and academic success for the student populations we serve.
  • to create and offer immersive opportunities for co-curricular learning and leadership development. We strive to educate and cultivate leaders who hold a commitment to lifelong learning, self-reflection, social justice, and social change.

Meet the CDSL Staff

Leadership Development Programs

Check out leadership development opportunities through CDSL and on campus!

Learn More Here
Tenzin L. Kunor

Tenzin L. Kunor

Director of Diversity and Student Leadership

204 Keefe Campus Center

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BA, Psychology, Ethnic and Racial Studies; M.Ed., Student Affairs in Higher Education

I am incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to build and implement the programs, resources, and services to best serve our first generation, low-income, transfer, undocumented/DACA, and veteran student populations at Amherst College and to cultivate leadership opportunities grounded in social justice and social change. I strive to help create a community that deconstructs classism in higher education and provides experiences that are equitable and accessible. I am deeply committed to nurturing compassionate, imaginative, and reflective leaders seeking to create a better world for all of us.