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A. Leigh Corbett
Alexa Leigh Corbett (Born 12 December 1990) is an American poet, writer, and artist with fourteen published books as of 2017 across a number of literary genres. She has over 850 poems published between nine poetry books, as of 2018. Her most notable works include "Boxes" (2017) which she produced for her MFA thesis at Chapman University, and her memoir "Wisdom 23" from 2014; she graduated in May of 2017 with a Master in Fine Arts

Achievements and Early Life
Alexa Leigh Corbett released her first collection of poetry at eighteen years old in 2009 after overcoming lifelong difficulties associated with dyslexia, and just months following the sudden death of her older brother Andrew, who was twenty-one at the time. Alexa struggled in secret throughout her education and often worked "four times as hard to look like [she] was only working twice as much as everyone else." Her parents withheld the dyslexic diagnosis when it was first made at age seven; the diagnosis came after a battery of fifteen or more tests. While living in Westwood, Massachusetts, Alexa endured several failed IEP's at which point she was held back in third grade due to her illiteracy. Alexa credits her older brother with coaxing her into the action demanded by her parents, who she claimed, "told me to try harder, even when I thought I'd tried my hardest already." This caused Alexa to discover her latent autodidactic abilities; reading, writing, and art are some areas that caught her interest.

Academics
while still an undergraduate in 2015, Alexa released four books in four different genres on the same day in December: poetry, fiction, a short story collection, and a memoir. With well over 850 poems published between nine poetry books, Alexa is prolific as she is accomplished. Her fiction has appeared in Black Heart Magazine, Torrid Literature Journal, Writers Tribe Review, and Chapman Magazine. She is also a member of Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honors Society, and holds Presidential membership status with The National Society of Leadership and Success.

Alexa first began with watercolor as a medium in 2012, and by March 2018, she has produced a total of 195 paintings, 35 of which were created during the first quarter of 2018. In October 2017, RAW Artists recruited Alexa for a January 2018 art show in Costa Mesa, California. Her artwork primarily consists of watercolors on hot-pressed paper, although she has done work on other surfaces like Claybord (by Ampersand), and with various mediums such as ink, charcoal, acrylic, and pastels. Her painting Stained Glass has been featured on the cover of Calliope: Art & Literary Magazine, and was displayed alongside her other watercolors in their own exhibit at Chapman University in 2014.