Lehidy is a restorative practitioner that believes the most integral part of solidarity and identity work is community building. Lehidy is a Providence, RI local who graduated from Vermont Law School with a M.A in Restorative Justice and from Brown University with a double concentration in Anthropology & Public Health. While a Brown student, Lehidy worked as a student staffer at the Brown Center for Students of Color as a Latinx Heritage Series Programmer, a TWTP Facilitator, and a student leader in Dominican Students@Brown. After graduating from Brown, Lehidy worked for the Youth Restoration Project where they were a co-trainer and facilitator in Restorative Justice. They went on to work at STRIVE Prep Kepner school in Denver, Colorado and at the RYSE Center in Richmond, California as a Restorative Practices Specialist. Lehidy loves to use music, sound, and dance as a means of grounding and restoration. Lehidy also shows love and compassion by breaking bread with others and spending time with folks cooking and fussin in a hot kitchen.
