M. Leona Godin

Dr. M. Leona Godin is the author of There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness and the founder of Aromatica Poetica, an arts and culture laboratory for the advancement of smell and taste. She creates multisensory performance journeys that explore the rich potentials of synesthesia and disability aesthetics, and she is a curatorial researcher for the forthcoming Museum of the Blind People’s Movement. Godin’s writing has appeared in such places as The New York Times, ARTnews, O Magazine, and Literary Hub. She is honored to have a 2025 MacDowell artist Residency and is currently working on a project involving photography, sensory translation, and AI.

Learn more at DrMLGodin.com

(Photo of Leona with her portrait by Roy Nachum in New York City Hall by Alabaster Rhumb)