Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Leya studies Higher Education as an Ed.M. candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. An aspiring student affairs administrator, Leya is passionate about civic engagement and student activism, facilitating co-curricular social justice programming, and building inclusive campus spaces that encourage and center honest dialogue around identity. Leya has created and supported workshops and trainings for college students and young adults around anti-racism, public service, positive sexuality, and intersectionality at various educational institutions, including at MIT’s Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center where she currently serves as a graduate assistant.