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True Passion & Love for this Extraordinary World
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On the way to School
Early Childhood Development Center for Deaf Children. Anwara, Bangladesh
![Tibetan Women](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1481625824516-51LLW2B51JP37XK2TLYR/leya_personal-1.jpg)
Tibetan Women
Xigaze, Tibet.
![New Life](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566423975735-QAMRGRVBBYKHGAM82WFM/196-CDD+SLIDESHOW.jpg)
New Life
Deaf child dances in home, Anwara Bangladesh.
![Bagan, Myanmar](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1481625824051-S86WTNOS6KUQDS6KNYJZ/leya_personal-2.jpg)
Bagan, Myanmar
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Sitting on a temple watching the sunset is like traveling back in time.
![1’st Cyclone Drill Bashkhali, Bangladesh](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566423843016-F0N7NJB0TG0TOO262FZ8/278-CDD+SLIDESHOW.jpg)
1’st Cyclone Drill Bashkhali, Bangladesh
WPPI Silver Award Winner 2019- Photojournalism
![Dhaka, Bangladesh.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566426917948-C9Z8DL4A8A34XXII4WZO/564-Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
![Anwara, Bangladesh.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566427902534-CYYJCJ9KJ7ULE780E8TJ/450-Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Anwara, Bangladesh.
![Sadu](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1481625826841-FQRBJ6S94WAKBW1G06GS/leya_personal-3.jpg)
Sadu
Kathmandu, Nepal.
![Chittagong, Bangladesh.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566426976886-X1OWE07FNIW81THKR1WH/927-Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Chittagong, Bangladesh.
![Inle Lake, Myanmar.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1481625839093-N7ADP4DQA2H0C0YDTONH/leya_personal-13.jpg)
Inle Lake, Myanmar.
![School Girl](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566427628449-98DDH4Z0PBBPQOFFL195/024-+Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
School Girl
Chittagong, Bangladesh.
![Inle Lake, Myanmar.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1481625832935-UZL4393KCJN6VC8C6EKS/leya_personal-7.jpg)
Inle Lake, Myanmar.
![Love Finds A Way.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566427443129-8YZVNOXU48WP01973EXW/556-Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Love Finds A Way.
A pair of deaf and blind sisters communicate while preparing a meal. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
![Better Life](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566427168021-D6Q2RNCJLIQEL6RPD37C/232-+Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Better Life
Child gains ability to sit and do chores after 10 years of being bed ridden due to complications with CP. Rangunia, Bangladesh.
![Bashkhali, Bangladesh.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566427942265-V0Y08XNO5XFXEYS7JMX7/030-+Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Bashkhali, Bangladesh.
![Child Monk](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1481625826919-DI3DPBD18FUHR46FVOHH/leya_personal-4.jpg)
Child Monk
Bagan, Myanmar UNESCO World Heritage Site
![Rangunia, Bangladesh.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566427930377-AK626UGPLSSKRSRGS45U/900-Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Rangunia, Bangladesh.
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Rangunia, Bangladesh.
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Kathmandu, Nepal
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Bashkhali, Bangladesh.
![Yangon, Myanmar.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1481625835717-G5ETL6MYWT1NUNEHOUPL/leya_personal-10.jpg)
Yangon, Myanmar.
![Fatikchori, Bangladesh.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566427894727-81A9A8J5SJG6HIJ0QB7I/250-+Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Fatikchori, Bangladesh.
![Anwara, Bangladesh.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566427903925-KMLAFY7ZGVDLPP4HZWJJ/400-Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Anwara, Bangladesh.
![Fatikchori, Bangladesh.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566427912053-44RCEJ0XF56A9Q7CQTUR/868-Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Fatikchori, Bangladesh.
![Leya, Myanmar.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1481625832778-536XZFVMSI3G1PQZOGD9/leya_personal-8.jpg)
Leya, Myanmar.
![Rangunia, Bangladesh.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566427894945-DAVAVNTYQCONKG6RDA0L/217-+Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Rangunia, Bangladesh.
![Dala, Myanmar.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1481625837649-B7GGDFSENEEU02NB48TY/leya_personal-11.jpg)
Dala, Myanmar.
![Fatikchori, Bangladesh.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566427922799-CD9AU9VGGBJTY61LCQ13/859-Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Fatikchori, Bangladesh.
![Tibetan Monk](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1481625829939-XDUQCML32VZ0Q1HSHTR2/leya_personal-5.jpg)
Tibetan Monk
Monk participating in a yearly ritual held to release the souls of those who died of unnatural causes from their earthly confines the previous year. Located in the Ganden Monastery which heavily bombed and had to be rebuilt from the ground up over the last few decades. — at Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, Shangrila 松贊林寺, 香格里拉.
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Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Lhasa, Tibet.
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Leya, Myanmar.
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Caregiver Home Therapy
Provided free of charge by the CDD.
Bashkhali, Bangladesh.
![Inle Lake, Myanmar.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1481625839720-Y1KK1EIQRSYBZOHM2BE1/leya_personal-14.jpg)
Inle Lake, Myanmar.
![Fatikchori, Bangladesh.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1566427922970-HKUJVEW2PMBZ97JJP067/895-Leya+Russell-+PWB-CDD-2019-Retouched-final-web.jpg)
Fatikchori, Bangladesh.
![Bagan, Myanmar.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584d2c992994cac9e533d22a/1481625840951-L6B70GLX0QJJ2VH06CQJ/leya_personal-16.jpg)
Bagan, Myanmar.