Leah Reiser

A social worker, educator, and performer, Leah's diverse professional background and expertise inform Resetting the Table’s unique methodology for effective communication and facilitation. Leah served as a clinical social worker in the Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse at Westchester Jewish Community Services. Leah formerly worked as program director for LitWorld, a global literacy nonprofit, building social-emotional literacy-based empowerment programming. In this role, Leah created and implemented arts- and mindfulness-based programming at the Hand in Hand School: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Jerusalem. Leah holds a master’s in social work from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, where she graduated with honors, with an emphasis in Global Social Work and Practice with Immigrants and Refugees. She also has a professional background in theater: she toured with the national Broadway production of Mamma Mia! and holds a bachelor’s of fine arts from The Boston Conservatory, where she graduated as salutatorian. Leah lives in Westchester, NY, with her husband, Daniel, and their two children.