Leslie Einhorn

Background

About Leslie Einhorn

I am the founder and Executive Director of CASA (Children's After School Arts). CASA is an independent, nonprofit creative arts after school program located at Rooftop School in San Francisco. We are dedicated to guiding youth toward open expression, expansive hearts, and questioning minds. We provide a safe and inspiring environment in which children receive visual and performing arts instruction infused with social justice themes. At CASA, children are free to be themselves within a structured arts curriculum. Our students graduate with a love for the arts, but more importantly, they each leave us with a drive to be a better human being. Each year I write an original musical in partnership with our 250 students and our diverse team of artist/educators. Our 2015 musical ‘City Not for Sale’ was about our rapidly changing city. We explored San Francisco history from the gold rush through the summer of love and into the current climate including gentrification and the housing crisis. The work was so unique, it caught the attention of ‘This American Life’, who showcased a story about the play, which can be heard here: http://tal.fm/575/2