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ABOUT DEANNA LEAH
Biography
Deanna Leah is an Author, Wife-to-be, Anti-Human Trafficking Activist and full-time Student at The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. As of this fall she will be in her junior year and is studying to get her bachelors in women’s studies and psychology with a focus in social sciences and a certification in addictions counseling. She hopes to also get her graduate degree in social work so that she can be a well-rounded counselor and long-term caseworker for women and teens affected by sexual abuse. She is known for writing stories that deeply touch on the emotions of her readers and self-published her first novella, The Home of Our Hearts, at the age of sixteen. Since then she has also been published multiple times in Mavguard Magazine, was allowed by esteemed professor Andrea Mays to speak to her class about the dangers of human trafficking on Central Avenue and spoke at 2016 Feminist Conference on UNM campus on the same topic. When she isn’t pouring all kinds of emotion out onto the page or at an anti-human trafficking event or working hard at school, Deanna likes to veg on the couch with her fiancé and watch Supernatural or the newest thriller or romantic flick. She also loves long car rides with the windows down, camping and hiking, romantic, warm summer evenings and singing or dancing like there is nobody around to judge. Right now Deanna Leah is preparing for her July wedding and working on short pieces as inspiration prompts her. She is also always willing and able to prepare talks on human trafficking, abuse and sexual violence for any number of events around the state.
My Credentials
Education
1. Children of Light Christian Home School
Graduated May 2014 GED/high school equivalency
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Honor student in English including extracurricular competition awards such as NANOWRIMO 2012 winner.
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Graduated with a 3.9 GPA
2. University of New Mexico
Graduating May 2018 BA in Women’s Studies and Psychology
Experience
1. Title Wave Books - 2318 Wisconsin St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
Floor Assistant November 2012 – January 2013
Customer service, register, cleaning of restrooms and sales floor, inventory, answering phone, receiving donations, stocking, labeling, and reorganizing shelves, changing ID numbers and location of all books in the store, display creation, resolving complaints
2. Subway – 835 Main St SE #103, Los Lunas, NM 87031
Sandwich Artist February 2013 – June 2014
Customer Service, register, cleaning of restrooms, prep and cooking areas, dishes and dining room, inventory, stocking, labeling, preparing, cooking, chopping and serving food, taking telephone orders, preparing the store for open and close, counting money at the end of the day, resolving customer complaints, working in a team environment
3. Believers Center of Albuquerque – 320 Waterfall Dr SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123
Youth Staff March 2014 - March 2016
Teaching/preaching, leading and brainstorming games, events, group topics, foods, and entertainment for youth, mentoring, prayer, cleaning, errands, transportation of youth, set up and take down of events, advertising events, youth safety, youth support, volunteer work in other church areas such as food and clothing outreach, events, café and cleaning
4. University of New Mexico School of Law – 1117 Stanford Dr NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106
Data Entry Clerk January 2015 - July 2016
Sending and responding to emails, preparing, editing and formatting letters and documents, flyer creation and distribution, cold calling, finding/receiving and inputting job postings, employer listings, school events, law events, attorneys and other relevant information into an online data base for student and faculty use, event help/prep, stapling, copying, filing and other minor office duties for supervisors, stocking, organizing and improving the office’s lending library, resolving bounce backs and complaints
5. Freedom House – Address is not shared in order to protect the safety of the individuals in our program.
Life Coach June 2015 – May 2016
transportation, safety of individuals in the program, mentoring, listening, talking, praying, participation in life of individuals including bible study, doctor visits, cleaning, shopping and eating, training and research.
Event Staff May 2016 - Currently Employed
Help planning, preparing, executing events, public speaking, welcome team, decoration, product selling, research, marketing and advertising.
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Recent Written Publications and Public Speaking Events
Fashion Show Introduction
Freedom House - Fund Freedom Event 2016
Chasing
Mavguard Magazine Edition II
All These Things
Mavguard Magazine Edition II
My Fiance and I at an outdoor flea market and concert last summer. We will be getting married July 2016!