Leah Huete de Maines

Leah Huete de Maines serves as the Poet-in-Residence Emerita at Northern Kentucky University since January 2000, with funding support from the National Endowment for Humanities and the Kentucky Humanities Council. In addition, Leah has been a hospice chaplain in the publishing industry since 2009, focusing on aiding the terminally ill and their families in the healing process. As a publisher and award-winning, bestselling author at Finishing Line Press since 2002, Leah has made significant contributions to literature. Leah's academic background includes a Master of Divinity in Biblical Studies from Cincinnati Christian University, a Bachelor of Arts in English from Northern Kentucky University, and various continued education experiences in Japanese language and culture, English literature, and Irish literature from prestigious institutions.