
Leah is the director of Emfarsis, a web3 advisory firm with special expertise in strategic communications, that invests in early-stage projects including Yield Guild Games (YGG), My Pet Hooligan by AMGI Studios, Crypto Unicorns by Laguna Games, BreederDAO, AcadArena, Finblox, and more. In crypto since 2017, Leah has collaborated with Games4Change APAC, the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), Blockchain Australia, Women in Blockchain, Women's World Banking, and others, to drive blockchain gaming adoption and impact globally. Leah takes an active role in guiding public discourse around web3, having led content and programming for world-class events including the Metaverse and Gaming Stage at Consensus 2023, Philippine Web3 Festival and the YGG Web3 Games Summit. Via her regular opinion column, Leah authored the first-ever CoinDesk article about Axie Infinity in August 2020 when the game still had less than 500 Daily Active Users. She was also the writer/narrator of the award-winning short film, "Play-to-Earn: NFT Gaming in the Philippines” (May 2021). With a special interest in evolving regulatory landscapes, Leah was an advisor to the inaugural V20 Summit and led communications for the interVASP joint working group, which created the world’s first technical standard to help crypto exchanges adhere to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s travel rule. Additionally, Emfarsis partners annually with the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) to produce its annual Member Survey and Report. Leah holds a bachelor of Communications majoring in Writing and Cultural Studies and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA), both from the University of Technology Sydney.
blockchaingamealliance.org
coindesk.com
intimate.io
sovrun.com
Philippines
Director
Emfarsis
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Mar 2015 - Present
Singapore
Board Member
Blockchain Game Alliance
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Jul 2023 - Present
Advisor
Sovrun (Formerly BreederDAO)
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Dec 2021 - Present
Columnist
CoinDesk
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Feb 2020 - Present
Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines
Screenwriter & Narrator
Play-To-Earn
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Dec 2020 - May 2021
Nueva Ecija, Central Luzon, Philippines
Advisor
V20
• www.linkedin.com/company/v20osaka
Apr 2019 - Dec 2020
Osaka, Japan
Chief Marketing Officer
intimate.io
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Oct 2017 - May 2019
London, England, United Kingdom