Lekhani uses she/her pronouns. She is an actress, writer, facilitator, youth worker and theatre maker based in Manchester. Her unique background as a Cumbrian of Black Mixed Heritage (Malawian & English), a queer, working class and neurodivergent woman, has empowered her to become a powerful creative voice. She considers herself an activist within the creative field and has recently been elected onto Equity’s Race & Equality committee. Storytelling and community is at the heart of all of her work to make a change. Lekhani has just joined the UNION 26 cohort with The Northern School for Creativity & Activism where she will be exploring her practice of social change and activism. Lekhani is currently working as an Artist Facilitator for Factory International on their Make Your Mark project as part of award winning artist Ai Weiwei’s Button Up! exhibition launching in July.