About me

I’m Leah, a cross-disciplinary person with experience in learning and evaluation, community engagement, facilitation, service design, and user research. I have special interests in research ethics, participation, equity-centred practice, and creative methods. You can read more about my approaches on my Substack newsletter One Hundred and One, and on LinkedIn.

My formative early-career years were spent working in the United States in grassroots, community-based sexual and reproductive healthcare services for people who were marginalised in multiple ways. Since arriving in Scotland in 2001, I have worked with public services including NHS Scotland, Scottish local authorities (nearly all of them!), and the Scottish Government. I have also worked with a variety of UK-based charities, big and small, as well as a number of service design agencies.

In addition to freelance work, I am part of a worker-owned co-operative called fractals, an associate of Andthen and an associate of Nile. I am certified in counselling skills by Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland (COSCA).

If you want to talk about my work, you can email me.