Member Profile
Leslie Stevens
Pronouns: she/they
Coaching Education Program: Center for Creative Leadership
Mentor Coach?: No
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Company: Rooted Reclamation
Company Website: www.rootedreclamation.com
Email: leslie@rootedreclamation.com
Languages: English
Underrepresented groups that I identify with: Black woman
Non-binary
Neurodivergent
Southern
Non-binary
Neurodivergent
Southern
Coaching Specialization: Career Life Transition Coaching, Communication Coaching, Deijb Coaching, Group Coaching, Life Coaching, Wellness Coaching
Population/Identity-Specific Coaching: Bipoc, Lgbtqia, Neurodivergent Adhd Autism Dyslexia Etc
Coaching Experience:
- Sector: Corporate For Profit, Non Profit, Startup
- Industry: Technology, Legal, Professional Services, Media Entertainment, Hospitality Travel
Bio: Leslie Stevens (she/they) is a coach, community cultivator, people & culture strategist, and founder of Rooted Reclamation—a practice dedicated to disrupting loneliness and isolation in corporate and creative spaces.
With over a decade of experience across people & culture, communication, and corporate insights and program management, Leslie work centers Black women, femmes, and queer people of color in reclaiming agency, feeling belonging, and executing creative vision in a world that often demands disconnection.
Her coaching style is both strategic and soulful, weaving people-centered strategy and the ancestral wisdom of Black queer feminist thought. She’s passionate about creating spaces where people can unpack what weighs them down, rediscover what brings them joy, and move forward with clarity and ease.
Leslie partners with individuals and organizations to explore themes of workplace well-being, conscious leadership, identity-aligned career design, and the future of work. She specializes in coaching through transitions, designing people and culture strategy that honors dignity and care, and facilitating experiences that nourish connection, curiosity, and collective healing.
As a speaker and facilitator, Leslie is known for holding space that is both expansive and grounded. She leads workshops, team retreats, and talks on topics such as self-trust, workplace well-being, imagination as a leadership skill, and navigating life transitions with clarity and care. Whether guiding intimate circles or addressing larger audiences, Leslie invites reflection, deep listening, and courageous conversation—always rooted in a commitment to justice, wholeness, and communal growth.
Leslie’s work is deeply informed by the lineage of her background in rhetoric and communication, workplace culture and engagement experiences, and the Black Feminist wisdom of Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, Lucille Clifton, Nikki Giovanni—and by the everyday wisdom of the Black women and communities of color who raised her. She believes rest and care are revolutionary, clarity is a compass, and healing is a radical, creative act. Her work supports empowered individuals who make sustained and lasting impact in the world.
With over a decade of experience across people & culture, communication, and corporate insights and program management, Leslie work centers Black women, femmes, and queer people of color in reclaiming agency, feeling belonging, and executing creative vision in a world that often demands disconnection.
Her coaching style is both strategic and soulful, weaving people-centered strategy and the ancestral wisdom of Black queer feminist thought. She’s passionate about creating spaces where people can unpack what weighs them down, rediscover what brings them joy, and move forward with clarity and ease.
Leslie partners with individuals and organizations to explore themes of workplace well-being, conscious leadership, identity-aligned career design, and the future of work. She specializes in coaching through transitions, designing people and culture strategy that honors dignity and care, and facilitating experiences that nourish connection, curiosity, and collective healing.
As a speaker and facilitator, Leslie is known for holding space that is both expansive and grounded. She leads workshops, team retreats, and talks on topics such as self-trust, workplace well-being, imagination as a leadership skill, and navigating life transitions with clarity and care. Whether guiding intimate circles or addressing larger audiences, Leslie invites reflection, deep listening, and courageous conversation—always rooted in a commitment to justice, wholeness, and communal growth.
Leslie’s work is deeply informed by the lineage of her background in rhetoric and communication, workplace culture and engagement experiences, and the Black Feminist wisdom of Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, Lucille Clifton, Nikki Giovanni—and by the everyday wisdom of the Black women and communities of color who raised her. She believes rest and care are revolutionary, clarity is a compass, and healing is a radical, creative act. Her work supports empowered individuals who make sustained and lasting impact in the world.