The iconic Leslie Pantín: tales from Tallahassee, Miami, Cuba, Spain and Ireland
13 August 2024
Former FSU Trustee, Leslie Pantín, is a familiar figure at Seminoles games. Most people who know Leslie know the Pantín family have a storied history in Cuba, the land of his birth. But few know that his family tree also includes many noble Irish families. Leslie sat down with Consul General Sarah Kavanagh to talk about his family’s decades’ long engagement in FSU and his ancestors journey from Ireland to Florida via Spain and Cuba.