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Extend your learning through art
LEAF Art + Academics
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LEAF Art + Academics
Extend your learning through Art
LEAF Studio Flex
Personal studio time, on your schedule
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DETAILS:
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Experience: 4 or 6 sessions
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Days: Monday or Friday
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Time: 2 hour minimum per session
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Program Tutor Fee: Based on your personalized Learning + Creating Plan
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Payment: Private Pay or ESA+
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Consultation: Included
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Availability: Limited Fall 2026 experiences available
Hi there! Welcome to LEAF Art + Academics!
Here, art becomes another way to work through what you’re learning. We connect an academic idea with a creative project so your Creative can research, explore, make decisions, and understand the subject in a more tangible way.
For a middle school Creative studying ecosystems, that might mean exploring the relationships within a local habitat through painting, fiber, sculpture, or mixed media, using the creative process to investigate how changes to one part of an ecosystem affect the whole.
For a high school Creative studying chemistry, that might mean investigating pigments, pH, oxidation, or material reactions and using those discoveries to inform an original work of art.
The goal isn’t to add art to an academic subject. It’s to use creating as part of the learning itself.
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Personally designed for Creatives who want to:
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Explore core subjects through art making
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Use art to understand academic concepts
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Turn research into a creative project
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Learn through arts integration
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Use dedicated studio time and materials
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Receive a co-created Learning + Creating Plan
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Get individualized guidance and feedback
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DETAILS:
Experience: 4 or 5 sessions
Days: Mondays and/or Fridays
Time: 2-hour minimum per session
Program Tutor Fee: Based on your Personalized Learning + Creating Plan (PLC Plan)
Payment: Private Pay or ESA+
Consultation: Included
Availability: Limited Fall 2026 experiences available
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How Art + Academics Works
1. We start with a consultation.
We’ll talk about what your Creative is learning, what they want to better understand or explore further, and where art making could support that learning.
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2. We co-create their Learning + Creating Plan.
We’ll connect the subject matter, research, creative process, and project possibilities into a personalized 4 or 6 session plan.
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3. They learn by creating.
Your Creative comes to LEAF for dedicated studio sessions with the time, materials, space, and guidance to research, experiment, make, and continue learning through their project.
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4. We reflect and share.
Throughout the experience, your Creative receives feedback, talks through their thinking, makes adjustments, and shares what they’ve created and learned.
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Tell us about your Creative.
Complete the form below to share what they’re learning, what they’re interested in exploring, and how Art + Academics could support their learning through creating.
LEAF CoLearning Collective is a co-learning, project-based micro-learning co-op space where ideas and projects take root. Designed for pre-teens and teens, it’s a place inspired by the energy of co-working spaces. LEAF empowers learners to co-create, reflect, and thrive through natural meaningful connections, shared ideas, and collective problem-solving.
WHAT IS LEAF CO-LEARNING
COLLECTIVE?
Anisha Nannapaneni (Nu-na-pun-nee)
UNCC Student, 2027
Dual Degree
B.S. in Data Science, B.S. in Business Analytics
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We’re Priscilla Salgado-Diaz and Anisha Nannapaneni (Nun-na-pun-nee), UNC Charlotte students and proud Project Mentor Managers at LEAF Co-Learning Collective. As current students with a passion for empowering pre-teens and teens, we bring fresh perspectives and valuable skills to help learners grow, collaborate, and thrive in a creative, project-based environment.
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Priscilla (Class of 2025): Majoring in Organizational Management with a Minor in Economics, Priscilla brings experience mentoring students through personalized action plans, improving academic performance, and fostering time management. Her dedication to cultural inclusivity and community engagement aligns with LEAF’s focus on collaboration and meaningful connections.
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Anisha (Class of 2027): Pursuing dual degrees in Data Science and Business Analytics, Anisha excels in project management, collaboration, and team-building. Her leadership in mentoring and her success in innovative, community-focused projects reflect LEAF’s mission to nurture curiosity and inspire learners to create real-world impact.
Together, we help LEAF learners transform ideas into impactful projects, cultivating creativity, resilience, and teamwork every step of the way. At LEAF, we’re excited to grow alongside our learners in a space that celebrates exploration and discovery!
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Get Involved
Join us in creating transformative learning experiences for pre-teens and teens. Whether you're a parent, educator, or community leader, there are countless ways to get involved—through workshops, mentorship, or supporting our vision. Together, we can nurture curiosity, collaboration, and creativity, building a space where young learners thrive and ideas take root. Let’s grow this movement, one project at a time!
A Day In the Life at LEAF
Get a feel for LEAF! Meet, greet and, connect. Explore the spaces where creativity takes root. SCHEDULE A VISIT
Orient at Root Day
Dive into the LEAF experience! Learn how we collaborate, co-learn, and bring big ideas to life.
Create A Project Plan
Work with peers, by yourself, and/or a Project Mentor to create a SMART project plan with milestones.
Create and Collaborate
It's time to put your plan into action and begin to bring your plan into fruition!
Portfolio Day
Week 6 is special! This is the time when you share your completed project with the collective!
Become Apart of Our Collective
Meet our Creative Team!
Meet our Creative Team!
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We’re Priscilla Salgado-Diaz and Anisha Nannapaneni (Nun-na-pun-nee), UNC Charlotte students and proud Project Mentor Managers at LEAF Co-Learning Collective. As current students with a passion for empowering pre-teens and teens, we bring fresh perspectives and valuable skills to help learners grow, collaborate, and thrive in a creative, project-based environment.â Together, we help LEAF learners transform ideas into impactful projects, cultivating creativity, resilience, and teamwork every step of the way. At LEAF, we’re excited to grow alongside our learners in a space that celebrates exploration and discovery!
Priscilla (Class of 2025):
Majoring in Organizational Management with a Minor in Economics, Priscilla brings experience mentoring students through personalized action plans, improving academic performance, and fostering time management. Her dedication to cultural inclusivity and community engagement aligns with LEAF’s focus on collaboration and meaningful connections.
Priscilla Salgado-Diaz
UNCC Student, 2025
B.S. in Business Administration,
Management (Organizational Management and Economics)
Priscilla Salgado-Diaz
UNCC Student, 2025
B.S. in Business Administration,
Management (Organizational Management and Economics)
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I'm Tiffany Lespoir (Pierce) (Less-pour), aka Mrs. Tiff/Auntie Tiff and I have connected with and Bre’Anna Washington-Weatherford, aka Bee đ, to co-create LEAF Co-Learning Collective. With a shared vision to nurture and empower pre-teens and teens, we’ve combined our expertise to create a space where curiosity sparks, projects thrive, and collaboration is at the center. Together, we’re building LEAF as a hub for independent thinkers, collaborative creators, and innovative learners. It’s a space that challenges traditional ideas of education while building a community of growth and exploration. We’re excited to have you on this journey with us!
Tiffany:
With degrees in Visual Arts, Art History, and Curriculum Design, Tiffany brings years of experience in homeschooling, education innovation, owning an art studio for children in NYC for seven years, and community building. She’s all about designing environments where students can explore, create, and grow.
Tiffany S Lespoir (Pierce)
Founder, Director
Priscilla Salgado-Diaz
UNCC Student, 2025
B.S. in Business Administration,
Management (Organizational Management and Economics)
Priscilla Salgado-Diaz
UNCC Student, 2025
B.S. in Business Administration,
Management (Organizational Management and Economics)
Anisha (Class of 2027):
Pursuing dual degrees in Data Science and Business Analytics, Anisha excels in project management, collaboration, and team-building. Her leadership in mentoring and her success in innovative, community-focused projects reflect LEAF’s mission to nurture curiosity and inspire learners to create real-world impact.
Anisha Nannapaneni (Nu-na-pun-nee)
UNCC Student, 2027
Dual DegreeB.S. in Data Science,
B.S. in Business Analytics
Priscilla Salgado-Diaz
UNCC Student, 2025
B.S. in Business Administration,
Management (Organizational Management and Economics)
Bre’Anna: A creative powerhouse with a background in History and Africana Studies, Bre’Anna is an author, illustrator, and founder of BeeThee LLC. She specializes in crafting art-based programs that encourage self-expression and hands-on learning.
Bre’Anna Washington-Weatherford,
Co-Creator Strategist
