Award-winning artist and author Tera Leigh has been writing, painting, creating collages, and creating art journals most of her adult life. In 1999, she signed a contract for her first book, co- licensed a line of painting products, and began to write for magazines about art, painting, and creativity.

Since that time, Tera has developed an international following for her work. Her designs have been published in over a dozen publications, ranging from Romantic Homes Magazine to Country Marketplace Magazine, as well as all the major painting publications. Through the Tera's Wish, web site, her award-winning books, and workshops, she has helped many individuals find their creativity voice.

Tera is an accomplished business professional with more than 15 years experience in the diverse areas of law, art, marketing, and business administration in both public and non-profit companies. As a freelance business consultant and Coach for small and medium size businesses working through change management, she has provided clients and employers with broad array of services as a consultant in financial, HR, and marketing strategy & planning. One of her greatest strengths is the wide range of her experience.

In 1998, Tera founded, and worked as President of the Board of Directors, a non-profit charity called the "Memory Box Artist Program". During her tenure with the program (1998 - 2009), over 108,000 memory boxes were provided to bereavement counselors at hospitals to be give to families that had experienced the loss of an infant, free of charge to the hospital and family.  She believes that "giving back" is not just a catch phrase. It is a way of life; an attitude that defines the quality of one's life.

Her long term goal is to become a full-time Executive Director for an arts-based non-profit organization.