Eli J. & Phyllis N. Segal Citizen Leadership Program

Leah Cadena-Igdalsky

2013 Brandeis Undergraduate Segal Fellow

Leah Cadena-Igdalsky graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brandeis in 2014, with majors in psychology and Hispanic studies and a minor in social justice and social policy. Leah works as an Associate at Social Policy Research Associates (SPR), an evaluation, organizational, and facilitation and training organization. Formerly, she was Program Manager with the Center for Independence of Individuals with Disabilities in San Mateo, a Development Associate and Grant writer at Greater Waltham Arc, a nonprofit that serves persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Waltham, Mass., community, and a research associate at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at the Heller School. Leah’s 2013 Segal Citizen Leader summer internship was at Special Olympics International in Washington, D.C. She worked with Segal Founder Sarah Lichtman Spector as her Segal Coach.