Leslie Mejia

2025 Create Change Residency

Painter, community organizer, educator

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Leslie “Les” Mejia (She/They) is a South Bronx (Lenape Land) native of Dominican Descent. Les sits at the intersection of Educational Equity, Arts facilitation, and Wellness advocacy.  Art became a huge healing modality through her formative years, and she has since worked toward finding a way to share art as a healing tool. As a licensed social worker, she has had the opportunity to fuse her love for artistic expression and explore its relation to mental health and wellness. In her most recent endeavors, Les has begun bringing community events to the South Bronx with the sole purpose of connecting, creating, and inviting folks to express themselves freely.

Open Studio

Wednesday, September 10

6:30 – 7:45 pm

soft(spaces)
1368 Franklin Ave
Bronx, NY 10456

Leslie Mejia – Open Studio

A Soft Place to Land: A Community Gathering for Remembrance, Creation & Collective Care

Join us for Leslie’s Open Studio

“The Bronx in Color: Healing Grounds” is the expansion of a multi-dimensional initiative where the community is invited to reimagine the “healing journey” by centering Art, Play, and Joy through engaging in our “Wellness Playground”. This programming initiative takes Artistic therapeutic tools and introduces the community to new ways of taking care of themselves and each other, with the overall goal of de-stigmatizing mental health wellness practices and bridging access to tools folks can add to their wellness toolbox.

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