Leigh Cuen

Leigh Cuen is a writer and editor from California, currently working with hundreds of Forbes freelance contributors covering topics such as military news, politics and policy, energy and sustainability, leadership strategy and financial technology. Her journalism has appeared in TechCrunch, Vice, Playboy, Business Insider, Earth Island Journal, San Francisco Public Press, Newsweek, Teen Vogue, Salon, Al Jazeera English, The Los Angeles Times, History Today and The Jerusalem Post, among others. Her creative work has been featured in World Literature Today, Poetica Magazine, Canyon Voices, Circa: Journal of Historical Fiction, and many others. She won The Nomad Review’s Best Essay contest in 2025 for her piece “Wild Horses.” Follow her work via leighcuen.substack.com.