Growing up in Southwest Ohio, Leah Fitch was sure that she wanted a life outside of the small town world that she had grown up in. After graduating from Miami University of Ohio in 2005 with a degree in Family Studies, she moved out to Missoula, MT, to volunteer as an AmeriCorps VISTA at the YWCA of Missoula. She worked with the Transitional Housing program with women and children who have experienced domestic violence. After working there for two years, she started working at the Big Brothers Big Sisters in Missoula as a Match Support Specialist and starting up and running an after-school program at a local elementary school. She continues her work as a volunteer with the YWCA doing domestic violence and sexual assault response every week and is the secretary of the Missoula Family Violence Council. Over the years, she has combined her passion for women's and children's rights and also an interest in peace and conflict resolution in her work and in her studies at the University of Montana. She is hoping to soon utilize her skills and an interest oversees and is planning on joining the Peace Corps in 2010.
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leah is a beautiful person that takes her love of life and brings it into every facet of her being. she teaches conflict resolution and mediation by living it. A true role model in the cohort and a wonderful friend.
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