Jessica Leza is an author, board-certified music therapist (MT-BC), and multimedia artist whose photography and video works have been performed or displayed in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. She holds a Master of Arts in Music Therapy from Texas Woman’s University and a Bachelor of Music in Music Composition from the University of North Texas, both in Denton, Texas.
As a therapist, Jessica Leza specializes particularly in providing services for Autistic people, in community mental health (e.g., trauma, eating disorders, and substance use disorder in addition to anxiety and depression), and stroke survivors.
Leza has additional professional experience in e-commerce and marketing and works as a writing consultant for Silicon Valley tech companies.
Currently, Jessica is editing fiction and non-fiction books for publication in 2025.
Are you interested in booking me for a presentation or interview, or do you have questions or comments? E-mail me at JessicaLeza @ Gmail.com
La Migdalia Press
If you are looking for a direct link to purchase An Introduction to Neurodiversity and Autistic Culture for (Music) Therapists, try https://lamigdalia.etsy.com.
Call for Submissions: On Silence
La Migdalia Press and editor Jessica Leza are seeking submissions for an anthology on the subject of silence. For full information, click on the “La Migdalia” tab on this site or click here for a Google Docs page.
Got Ideas?
La Migdalia Press invites prospective authors, especially neurodivergent and disabled authors, scholars, and therapists, to pitch your writing projects.
About this Site
This site offers resources for Music Therapists (MTs), MT students, teachers, families, and general music fans.
One of the most popular resources has been the Lead Sheet collection, which includes around 400 PDFs with lyrics and chords transposed to keys that are easy to play with open chords on the guitar from more than 12 genres. This resource is periodically updated.
These resources are provided at no cost to you. However, if you would like to help support the costs of hosting this site, you can contribute through the ko-fi link below.
If you would like access to full session plans, additional essays, toolkits, and various other resources starting at only $3/month, check out my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessicaleza. Note: Because of Apple’s new policies requiring Patreon to change their billing methods, I will be closing my Patreon account in December 2024 or soon after. However, you are welcome to subscribe and download what you would like until then.
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