Leona Neelam Maple
Your Diversity & Inclusion Product Specialist - Maple Intersectionality Consulting
Leona Neelam Maple (she/her) is a South Asian woman based in Metro Vancouver, Canada. She currently works freelance in the game industry as a diversity and inclusion consultant and desires to make games fun and inclusive for all. 💛 Leona is also a TTRPG (tabletop role-playing game) player and performer and loves portraying powerful magical women of colour. She takes great pride in her South Asian heritage and culture and identifies as demi, pan, and queer, as well as an ADHD spoonie. She adores cats and currently lives with two. 💛
If you would like to contact Leona you can send her an email at [email protected]!
If you would like to support Leona, you can buy her a KoFi or support her on Patreon.
NEW! Leona's got gift certificates for sale on her KoFi Shop!
NEW! Leona just wrote her very first TTRPG for Identity Jam! Check it out on itch.io!
NEW! Check out Leona's freshly revamped and updated Patreon!
Check out Leona's presentation at Vancouver Full Indie on Why Diversity and Inclusion Matters in Video Games!
Check out Leona's writings in Issue 0 of Apochromatic Unlimited's amazing zine!
Leona, as a Twitch streamer, uses her channel to facilitate conversations around Diversity and Inclusion and streams to showcase live how sensitivity reading can influence various aspects of games. She also streams a once-a-month free DEI Q&A (with tip jar) on her Twitch and is hoping to take it to LinkedIn and LiveSpace!
Find out more about Leona on her website or book an appointment. (These links may currently be down/not work, sorry!)
More About Leona:
About Leona's Diversity & Inclusion Consulting Work:
Leona's work is multifaceted. She is:
1) a sensitivity reader specialized in helping games and TTRPGs
2) a cultural consultant ensuring authentic representation of South Asian culture
3) a highly experienced Diversity Equity and Inclusion consultant who is able to provide guidance on numerous topics. She encourages you to not be shy and to bring any questions you have - she'd love to help!
Who Has Leona Helped?
You can find Leona credited in projects such as Hunter: The Reckoning 5th Edition Core Rulebook, The Game Awards 2022 nominated I Was A Teenage Exocolonist video game, Fantasy Flight Games' Unfathomable Board Game, as well as various novels, board games, TTRPGs, online communities, Kickstarters, and more!
Other TTRPG projects that Leona has been involved in that may be familiar to you include Arcon: City of Neon Daylight, James Introcaso's My Dad's Monster Manual, Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition and MCDM's Flee, Mortals!. Leona has proudly been in business for over 3 years and has helped countless clients of all shapes and sizes on a variety of projects.Check out Leona's presentation at Vancouver Full Indie on Why Diversity and Inclusion Matters in Video Games!About Leona's Streams
Leona, as a Twitch streamer, uses her channel to facilitate conversations around Diversity and Inclusion and streams video games to showcase live how sensitivity reading can influence various aspects of video games. She also showcases incredible South Asian games and attempts to highlight the things that make them so exciting. Leona streams a once-a-month free DEI Q&A (with tip jar) on her Twitch and is hoping to take it to LinkedIn and LiveSpace!Other Places You Can Find Leona:
In addition to being a proud board member of DOTS RPG, you can find Leona as the Community Manager of Neon Lights Roleplay, working with an incredible squad of BIPOC friends at Apochromatic Unlimited, or occasionally rolling dice in studio with her friends over at QuestKeep! Leona is also a part of the Misfits of Space, available anywhere you get your podcasts.
Links to where you can find Leona and support her: