Leia Squillace

Leia Squillace is a cultural organizer and narrative strategist whose work focuses on prison justice and healing justice. Currently she serves as the Director of Artistic Impact for the Tony-Award winning Broadway Advocacy Coalition as well as an Artist Ambassador for the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU). Previously, Leia served as the Director of Strategic Arts Engagement for The Confined Arts, a program of Columbia University’s Center for Justice that showcases creative voices of artists impacted by incarceration. Leia has designed and managed programming for the Prison Creative Arts Project, For Freedoms, Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, Roundabout Theatre Company, and Asolo Repertory Theatre. She is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan.