Leyla (on the left) with MAPS Founder and Executive Director, Rick Doblin
Leyla Cash
Leyla, your favorite Parapsychologist in the making, a creative with a talent for bringing magic to the mundane, is a therapist trainee working towards dual LPCC/LMFT licensure with a specialization in Transpersonal Psychology Counseling. They've completed The Core Skills Trauma Certificate Program from Somatopia, they're a Substance Use Disorder Registered Counselor pursuing certification, and a Mental Health Counselor II at their region's largest nonprofit mental health, housing, and substance use treatment provider. Leyla brings forth: "Gothedelic", bridging gaps between seemingly unrelated worlds with the 920 Coalition: September 20th is a global holiday for magic mushrooms, celebrating 11 years this year, 2026. Liberating minds, they soul-vOMit wisdOM from their lived experience out into the internet void on YouTube as the Violet Flame Outcast, offering interviews, cOMmentary, and music with their solo music project: Púas De Libertad.
Oliver Merivee [ R.i.P 12/25/2020 ]
ambassador
One of the founding members and a cultivation instructor at Fungi Academy, an intentional co-living space and an international mushroom school in Guatemala.
His relationship with fungi began when he discovered psilocybin mushrooms and experienced their transformative power. Now he is passionate about all types of mushrooms, and he has been teaching hundreds of people how to cultivate their own.