Dr. Leah Lewis is a registered creative arts therapist and registered psychotherapist with a background in drama for human development and counselling psychology. Her research interests are arts-based and community-situated. Leah’s current projects include The Open Studio Project, a community-located art hive at Holy Heart of Mary High School, with newcomer youth (SSHRC), Digital Stories with Newcomer Youth, and the application of performance auto-ethnography as a tool for knowledge translation and mobilization via The Dialysis Project (ArtsNL, CCA Cultivate Fund, NAC Collaborations Fund).