Leah Maurer has lived in Parkrose since 2009 where she resides with her husband and 3 children. She is very involved with both her neighbors as well as with the community overall. Maurer is thrilled to be working with Historic Parkrose to help develop and build the community of neighbors, businesses, and community officials in Parkrose.

Maurer is a canna-journalist and activist and is one of the owners of The Weed Blog, a cannabis news and information publication, where she serves as the Editorial Lead. She was very involved in cannabis legalization in Oregon, helping found New Approach Oregon, the organization responsible for drafting and campaigning for Measure 91. Additionally, in 2014 Maurer founded a group called Moms for YES on Measure 91 through grassroots efforts alone, which proved to be pivotal in the passage of the Measure, successfully legalizing recreational/adult-use cannabis in the State. While Maurer also does freelance writing, creative marketing consulting and has worn many hats in the cannabis industry, she is a social justice and cannabis activist at the core and hopes to see the prohibition of cannabis end on a federal level, and to see the cannabis conversation normalized across America and, someday, worldwide.