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Leigha Cohen was born and raised in NYC. In 1983, she moved
to the Trenton/Lawrenceville vicinity where she presently lives.

Leigha accumulates degrees like others collect fine wine. She
has a way of setting her mind to something and taking it to the
next level. Her education includes a BS in Electrical
Engineering, BA in Sociology, and a Teaching Certificate in
Early Childhood Education.

In the early 1970s Leigha studied photography at Queens
College and The New School followed by one year in the MFA
program at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. In the late 1970s she
taught preschool and worked as a resource teacher at the
Lexington School for the Deaf. For many years she tutored
college level mathematics and physics.
In 2011, Leigha was introduced to the Princeton Community Television. Soon afterwards she started to
volunteer her time helping out in their studios. She also became involved working on making a
documentary on water pollution with several other people and assisted other filmmakers as well as both
shooting video and also digital stills.

Soon afterwards, Leigha purchased a professional video camera. She also started to learn video
editing using Adobe Premiere CS5.5.

Most recently Leigha is reconnecting to her political activism by shooting and producing videos, many
with political overtones. Leigha  feels strongly about protecting the environment
with her recent work
including
 Anti-Fracking Rally Septemeber 24, 2011 and public demonstration at the recent Delaware
River Basin Commission
"DRBC" meeting in West Trenton on September 24 and  Anti-Fracking
September 7th., 2011 Rally in Philadelphia .

Leigha has also recently  become a member of the
Shaleshock Action Alliance which  is a movement
that works toward protecting our communities and environment from exploitative gas drilling in the
Marcellus Shale region. Shaleshock Media is a network of artists and media activists who engage their
skills and talents as part of this movement.

You can see Leigha Videos also at her
Vimeo Profile.

Leigha is also a member of the Princeton Filmakers Group.