Lea has played the piano and written poetry and fiction since she was a little girl.

Her passion for painting has brought her to start drawing, illustrating and designing. She is inspired by Imaginary Realism Movement, by Japanese Illustrators, animators and story boarders such as Hayao Miyazaki, among others.

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/io/io.cgi

http://www.imaginaryrealism.comhayao

http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/miyazaki/

PORTFOLIO:

I.- EDUCATION:

She has taken lessons on:

.- Art & Creativity: with Julia Cameron (”The Artist Way”);

.- Creative Writing and Poetry: with Jill Hoffmann, with Christie WALKER (NYU), with Scott Cheshire at Gotham Writers, Silya Kiese (ASL), Eric Luna, Marcos de la Fuente, etc.;

.- Character Development with Paul Zimmerman (Gotham Writers);

.- Script Writing with Dael Orlandersmith at HB-Studio;

.- Publishing with Jennifer Udden (Gotham Writers);

.- Poetry workshops at The Bowery Poetry;

.- Painting, Drawing and Illustration at the Arts Students League, the School of Visual Arts, Open Center NYC, National Arts Club, etc., with teachers such as Alex Zwarenstein, Mary Belthoff, Brittany Schall, Tim Clark, Paco Tortosa, Monica Wellington, Minerva Durham, Jeanne Carbonetti, Simon Levenson, Melissa Harris, Joan Iaconetti, Simon Levenson, Steven Tracy Ross;

.- Lea is specially drawn to meditation and spirituality. Together with her Yoga and spiritual practice, she has taken workshops with Donnalynn Civello, Kadam Morten, Michael Moskowitz, and keeps on deepening her knowledge and wisdom at Maha Rose, the Open Center, the Assemblage, the Alchemist Kitchen, Kadampa Center, Jivamukti, Integral Yoga Institue, Omega Institute, among others.

II.- WORKS:

+ POEMS IN LITERARY JOURNALS and CULTURAL MAGAZINES:

She has already published poems recollections and contributed to the literary journals “And Then”, “The Independent Literary Review, “Contemporary Literary Horizon”, Híbrido Literario, Hybrido.

“Moon Powder”, Hybrido, Año XX, Número 16, 2019-16, ISSN: 1930-2711

https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/revista?codigo=11050

https://hibridoliterario.com/sitio/lea-diaz/

http://www.stevensprung.com/And_Then.html

http://homeplanetnews.org/7-49LeaDiaz.html

http://homeplanetnews.org/AHPNONL18.html

http://contemporaryhorizon.blogspot.com

https://www.viceversa-mag.com/griselda-mariposa-de-ensueno/

+ POETRY BOOKS:

Amanecer de mi alma - The Sunrise of my Soul

http://www.diegomarin.com/978156-AMANECER-DE-MI-ALMA.html

https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Samanecer%20de%20mi%20alma__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&suite=def

Visions of Unicorns

http://contemporaryhorizon.blogspot.com/search?q=lea+diaz

BIBLIOTHECA UNIVERSALIS, EDITURA PIM 2016, ISBN 978-606-13-2913-7

+ OTHER WRITINGS

.- “At The Other Side Of The Bay”,Puentes/Bridges Anthology, Narradoresnyc, ISBN:9798987279304, pp.7-12, 95-99;

https://www.amazon.com/Puentes-Bridges-Antolog%C3%ADa-Narrativa-Spanish/dp/B0BM4485SG

.- “Olvidado”. Antología Volumen II. FILNYC. Artepoética Press. CUNY Mexican Studies Institute. Nueva York, 2022.ISBN-13: 978-1-952336-11-9, ISBN-10: 1-952336-11-2, p. 52

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=msi_pubs

.- “Blue Path”. PoetryFighters. Editorial Ultramarina, 2022. ISBN: 978-84-124099-4-9

https://editorialultramarina.com/nuestroslibros/

.- “Paradise”. Residence in New York. Artepoética Press, Nueva York, 2021, ISBN-13: 978-1-952336-10-2; ISBN-10: 1-952336-10-4

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09N23252K/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

.- “Cordelia´s Dream”, We Can All Write A Story Anthology, 2021, ISBN: 9798759665793 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09L1Q6PRL/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

.- Poems in Nueva Antología Nueva Poesía y Narrativa Hispanoamericana del siglo XXI, Lord Byron Ediciones, Madrid 2020, p.ISBN: 978-84-18170-33-1, pp. 77-78

https://books.google.com/books/about/Nueva_poes%C3%ADa_y_narrativa_hispanoamerica.html?id=19IqEAAAQBAJ

http://lordbyroneditorial.blogspot.com/2022/01/aparicion-de-la-antologia-nueva-poesia.html

* Lea is currently writing a novel and keeps herself busy with poetry and painting.

III.- LITERARY EVENTS (Readings, Participation) & MEDIA

Lea has performed in readings organised by various poetry collectives, institutions, as well as in poetry festivals. She has been interviewed and her poems and writings have appeared in different media outlets.

http://www.hlccny.org/

https://www.newyorkcitypoetryfestival.com/intersections-mag

https://www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/el-libro-de-los-enigmas-de-linda-morales-caballero-y%C2%A0amanecer-de-mi-alma-y-visiones-de

https://www.bowerypoetry.com/

https://www.nypl.org/

https://nicaraguany.blogspot.com/?m=1

http://lanacional.org/es/event/this-is-poesia/

https://revistaliterariamonolito.com/entrevista-a-lea-diaz-por-xanath-caraza/

http://libreriabarcodepapelny.com/

https://www.festivalkerouac.com/

https://www.newyorkcitypoetryfestival.com/

https://www.poetryproject.org/

https://lacuhe.com/feria-lacuhe/