Lester Chavez lives and works in Managua, Nicaragua, where he conducts market research, trade promotion and counsels businesses on the economic climate of the country. He previously served as a fellow at a public health NGO in Nicaragua, where he undertook extensive ethnographic and community-based research in rural communities. Lester has worked for various agencies at Fairfax County Government in Northern Virginia and has served as a congressional intern in the US House of Representatives. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the College of William and Mary.