Ep 85 Jessica Leza

Jessica Leza is a board-certified music therapist, author, and
multimedia artist. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music in
Music Composition from the University of North Texas and a Master
of Arts in Music Therapy from Texas Woman’s University. Leza’s
music therapy scholarship and advocacy centers around
neurodiversity, disability justice, culture, and LGBTQ+
liberation and includes publications in The Neurodiversity
Reader, Sociocultural Identities in Music Therapy,
and The Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music Therapy, as
well as the solo-authored An Introduction to Neurodiversity
and Autistic Culture for (Music) Therapists. Leza’s multimedia
works have been showcased in film and arts festivals across the
US and Europe, China, and South America.


Luke and Jessica discussed her process of becoming a music
therapist and her recent experiences of clinical practice,
followed by the concepts of neuroqueering and
neurocosmopolitanism as they might apply to music therapy.


e-Book: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1492591757/an-introduction-to-neurodiversity-and


Paperback: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1510338925/paperback-an-introduction-to


https://jessicaleza.com/


References


Hadley, S. 2021 Sociocultural Identities in Music
Therapy. United States: Barcelona Publishers.


Lee, C. 2024 Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music
Therapy. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, USA.


Leza, J. (n.d.). An Introduction to Neurodiversity
and Autistic Culture for (Music) Therapists. United
States: La Migdalia Press.


Walker, N. (2021). Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on
the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal
Possibilities. United States: Autonomous Press.