Leah V (she/her) is bold and audacious. And, she’s here to spill the tea on the fashion industry, show us how to reclaim words that have harmed us, and encourage us to dream bigger than we thought we could. Her life has had many ups and downs, and she uses those experiences to keep becoming more of herself, no matter what the critics say.
Leah V is an international plus-size Hijabi model, award-winning author, inclusive content creator, body-positive activist, and educator. Her content has garnered over four million views combined and her face plastered on billboards in Times Square and LA. She’s been featured in hundreds of media outlets from The New York Times, Buzzfeed, and HuffPost.
Connect with Leah V through Instagram, her podcast, and her memoir.
This episode’s poem is by Cameron Awkward-Rich and is called “Meditations in an Emergency”
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