ADVOCATE
As a bold youth organizer, lea has raised over $230,000 in in-kind donations to deliver beauty and hygiene products to incarcerated folks across the united states.
Policymaker
having represented nearly 100,000 students as an elected student trustee of the san diego unified school district, lea is an expert in education and public safety policy.
At Beauty Beyond Bars, Lea has wrote, lobbied, and passed legislation to restore dignity in the living conditions behind bars.
In 2024, Lea taught 30+ incarcerated girls how to write legislation as part of the program she developed, “Problem-Solving through Policy.” Today, their proposals are being transformed into real-life bills led by Beauty Beyond Bars.
storyteller.
From moderating panels to publishing opinion editorials on major media publications, lea’s words empower audiences to seize justice through compassion.
“no one truly know a nation until one has been inside its jails. a nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.”
nelson mandela