Marketing & Communications Director
Pronouns: She/Her
Leah grew up in Minnesota and began her career in marketing when she moved to Los Angeles in 2007 to work for a startup tech company. Since then she has lived in Portland, Oregon, and Western Colorado where she has filled marketing roles in the construction industry, advertising world, and in various startups.
For the last twelve years, Leah has practiced folk herbalism and wildcrafting around the Mountain West. She has a deep love for plant study, ethical foraging, and hand-crafted wild medicine.
Joining the Wilderness Awareness School as the Marketing and Communications Director, Leah has been able to merge her career in marketing with her passion for herbalism. She enjoys mycology, naturalist studies, traditional crafts, and spending time with her husband and two tiny daughters in the north woods of Minnesota.