My name is Lea Krusemeyer and I am a journalist and a writer. My interest in the field stems from an early passion for reading books. As a child and a teenager, I never left the house without at least one book in my bag. When reading was not enough anymore, I ventured into writing and by the time I was 18 I had stacks of journals filled to the brim with poetry, short stories and more. 

Logically I had to make this my career so after finishing a summer internship at Kölner Stadtanzeiger in Germany, I became a freelance writer for them. Writing articles about the everyday life of the people of my city reassured me that this was the right field of work for me. I wrote for the Kölner Stadtanzeiger for a few years, up until I left Germany to pursue my undergrad degree in Communication Studies at Capilano University in Vancouver, Canada. 

In Vancouver, I continued writing and my published work can be found in Vancouver Magazine, Western Living, BC Business, the Capilano Courier and Angles newspaper. 

My B.A. in Communication Studies taught me valuable skills in writing but also allowed me to venture into research. A new passion was born out of this, queer comms. I research on the topics of queer slang, the disinformation about the AIDS crisis and more. I hope to continue my work in queer comms while attending grad school to pursue a master's degree next year. For now, I enjoy being a graduate and I am using my time to expand my portfolio and enjoy living in Vancouver. 

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath