Leah is a passionate public servant committed to making the hard decisions and restoring core city services through competent and collaborative leadership.
She is the daughter of two teachers who inspired the spirit of service in her from a young age. The granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, she leads by bringing Houstonians together across dividing lines.
Prior to her service as the Chief of Staff for Houston City Councilmember Julian Ramirez, she led Fifth Ward’s Center for Urban Transformation and served in nonprofits including those coaching youth at risk of dropping out of school and Texas’s food banks.
Leah graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and also holds a Masters’s Degree in Public Administration and a mediation certification from the University of Houston.





Why I’m Running
The people of Houston deserve a functional and transparent government that works for them. As a Houstonian, I know government can be frustrating and sometimes heartbreaking - I have encountered that many times in my community work. I’m running to change that.
We are at a critical inflection point in our city: our financial health is not secure, our infrastructure is aging, we have a shortage of affordable housing, and flooding continues to impact our quality of life.
I envision a politics in Houston where we can build a culture of compassion together, and have our residents' best interests at the forefront of everything we do.