Hailing from Taos, New Mexico, Sophie received her MD from the University of New Mexico in 2007, and completed her OBGYN residency in Florida in 2011. She received her CPA in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University in 2024. She is currently completing the UNM Healing Arts program as well as completing her training as a Physician Peer Coach.

She has a strong background in dance performance, creative writing and the humanities, as well as natural health practices and a holistic approach to her medical practice.

She currently practices part-time OBGYN in various New Mexico hospitals, both urban and rural. She also spends time raising two crazy boys, organizing one crazy husband, and feeding seven crazy hens at her home in the Rio Grande Valley in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Who is the (H)Arts in Medicine Team?

Sophie Peterson, MD, FACOG

CPA, Narrative Medicine

Founder and Director

Retreat and workshop lead

Leah N’Diaye, BA, MA

Certified Life Coach

Lion’s Tooth Leadership Consulting,

Executive, leadership, & life coaching

Retreat lead and consultant

Leah Shagam N’Diaye grew up in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She earned a Masters degree in French literature from the University of New Mexico in 2001, and an MA in HR Management and Organizational Science in 2004 from the Université Paris Dauphine. She is also a Gallup certified Strengths Coach and has over 20 years experience in organizational leadership development and executive coaching.

Leah fosters a love of photography and portraiture, and continues to work with her Leica, developing her photographic skills. She is fluent in French and spends summers every year with her husband’s family in rural France. She offers personalized coaching services, and has also hosted several women’s wellness retreats in beautiful New Mexico.

She is also a busy mother of middle-school twins and runs multiple small businesses out of her home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.