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'''Leila Steinberg''' (December 18, 1961) is an [[United States|American]] educator, writer, dancer, singer and founder of [[Alternative Intervention Models]] (formerly Assemblies In Motion), a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to helping at-risk youth find their voice using the arts and athletics. She is best know as the artist mentor and first manager<ref>Monjauze, M., Cox, G., Robinson, S. "Tupac Remembered: Bearing Witness to a Life and Legacy". Chronicle Books LLC. 2008.</ref><ref>Shakur, Tupac "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" MTV Publishing (February 3, 2009)</ref> for superstar rapper, [[Tupac Shakur]] who came to her writing workshop, [[The Microphone Sessions]] in the Oakland Bay area.
'''Leila Steinberg''' (December 18, 1961) is an [[United States|American]] educator, writer<ref>"The Bandana Republic" Soft Skull Press 2008<ref>, poet<ref>Billboard June 28, 1997 pp15</ref>, dancer, singer and founder of [[Alternative Intervention Models]] (formerly Assemblies In Motion), a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to helping at-risk youth find their voice using the arts and athletics. She is best know as the artist mentor and first manager<ref>Monjauze, M., Cox, G., Robinson, S. "Tupac Remembered: Bearing Witness to a Life and Legacy". Chronicle Books LLC. 2008.</ref><ref>Shakur, Tupac "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" MTV Publishing (February 3, 2009)</ref> for superstar rapper, [[Tupac Shakur]] who came to her writing workshop, [[The Microphone Sessions]] in the Oakland Bay area.


==Biography==
==Biography==

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Leila Steinberg
File:Leila Steinberg.jpg
Born(1961-12-18)December 18, 1961
OccupationEducator
Websitewww.AlternativeInterventionModels.Org

Leila Steinberg (December 18, 1961) is an American educator, writerCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)., dancer, singer and founder of Alternative Intervention Models (formerly Assemblies In Motion), a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to helping at-risk youth find their voice using the arts and athletics. She is best know as the artist mentor and first manager[1][2] for superstar rapper, Tupac Shakur who came to her writing workshop, The Microphone Sessions in the Oakland Bay area.

Biography

Early life

Leila Steinberg was born in Los Angeles, California as the middle child to a free-spirit Mexican-Turkish American mother and a Polish Jewish-American criminal defense attorney.

Career

During the late 1980's Steinberg was a backup dancer[3] and singer touring with world music icons, O.J Ekemode & The Nigerian Allstars. She also shared the stage with Santana, The Spinners, Bo Diddley, The Neville Brothers, Burning Spear and Jimmy Cliff. As a verteran music industry executieve she served as a street marketer with Atlantic Records, Sony, Def Jam, Tommy Boy, Interscope, and Relativity.

Life with Tupac Shakur

While living in the Oakland Bay area, Leila came to know of a promising but shy young 17 year old named Tupac Amaru Shakur. After a fateful meeting in the Spring of 1989[4], she opened her home where he read and wrote under her encouragement.

Alternative Intervention Models (A.I.M.)

Leila Steinberg founded Alternative Intervention Models (AIM) in 1997. AIM is a Los Angeles based non-profit that has arts programs and athletic programs for at-risk youth. Karina Smirnoff heads the Dance Intervention division and Ahmad Clayton heads the Athletic Intervention division.

The Microphone Sessions

The Microphone Sessions (TMS) is a writing workshop started by Leila Steinberg that develops and facilitates spoken word, poetry, hip-hop, singing and dramatic performances. Weekly gatherings are held all around the world that are guided by Steinberg trained artist-educators.

References

  1. ^ Monjauze, M., Cox, G., Robinson, S. "Tupac Remembered: Bearing Witness to a Life and Legacy". Chronicle Books LLC. 2008.
  2. ^ Shakur, Tupac "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" MTV Publishing (February 3, 2009)
  3. ^ [1]"Back 2 The Essence: Friends and Family Reminiscence over Hip-Hop's Fallen Sons" (October 1999) VIBE MAGAZINE pp104
  4. ^ Harris, Ashley Rae "Tupac Shakur: Multi-Platinum Rapper" ABDO Publishing 2010