Andreena Leeanne

Author, Poet & Lived Experience Speaker (She/Her)

Who am I

Andreena Leeanne  is a Black Lesbian Lived Experience Speaker, Wellbeing Workshop Facilitator & Poet who helps organisations with their inclusion and wellbeing strategy by speaking about intersectionality, authenticity, allyship and facilitating creative wellbeing workshops on self-care. 

During the structured workshops the participants are encouraged to explore what self-care means to them and find strategies to avoid burnout and increase productivity. 

Andreena also writes and performs poetry to come to terms with and speak out about her personal experiences with homelessness, mental health, identity, childhood sexual abuse & the many other challenges she has faced in her life. 

 In January 2015 Andreena founded Poetry LGBT Open Mic Night which is a warm and welcoming space for the LGBTQ+ community to come together to share their experiences & creativity through poetry and spoken word both virtually and in-person. Follow @PoetryLGBT on all the socials. 

In 2018 Andreena was one of Stonewall’s Black History Month role models and was shortlisted for a Positive LGBT Role Model National Diversity Award in 2020. In 2021 Andreena became a trustee of a charity called Action Breaks Silence whose mission is to end violence against women and girls. Andreena is a member of the Professional Speaking Association and the Royal Society of Arts.

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