Leah AbrahamsLeah Broyde Abrahams is a sociologist by training and a gregarious collector of stories by avocation. After a successful career conducting market research and program evaluation for diverse organizations in both the public and for-profit sectors, Lea now combines her natural affinity for people with the professional interviewing skills she honed as a researcher to help individuals articulate and preserve their family stories. Over the past decade, she has produced more than two dozen memoirs in book or video format for clients in the U.S. and abroad through her publishing company, Mixed Media Memoirs LLC, established in 2004. Leah has always been the "go-to writer" for work colleagues, family and friends. Two events stimulated her active interest in personal history. The first was an opportunity to produce a series of oral history "how-to" manuals for teachers in grades K-12. The three grade-appropriate manuals were distributed and used by public and private schools in Northeastern Wisconsin, and an archive to store the children's projects was also established by UW-Green Bay. Professional training and experience in interviewing on sensitive topics, volunteer work in the community with people of all backgrounds and cultures and passion for people and photography allow Leah to offer a highly enjoyable experience - and a polished, professional end product - to her clients. Her books have won endorsements from notables such as Mother Teresa, His Highness the Dalai Lama, Pulitzer Prize-winners Joseph J. Ellis and Jack Miles, Emmy-winner videographer Ken Burns, Helen Gurley Brown, Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan magazine. A number of her books have won national recognition and awards. After earning a B.A. in Psychology at Northwestern University, Leah, a Chicago native, completed an M.A. in Medical Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is currently a co-chair of the Life Story Professionals Northeast and has held leadership positions in a variety of community non-profits and interfaith projects. Leah loves traveling - to clients, to new places, to see the world - and always has a camera on hand to record these experiences. Her fine art and travel photographs have won recognition in international competitions and she has had several one-woman shows. Read More Read Less