Leedya Senbetta is a Policy Research Fellow at the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. Prior to joining MTF, Leedya interned at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use, and Recovery at the State House. While at the committee, she worked on a policy brief and memo discussing how substance use decriminalization could be implemented in Massachusetts.

Leedya has a Master’s in Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy and Law from Boston University and received her undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in Human Biology.