Currently, she is studying EthnoBotany in South Africa and doing an extensive research in Herbal Medicine and Pharmacognosy and their connection and benefit to our brain and body through Functional Medicine.  She is also an avid Fermentationist, delving more on the most effective natural probiotic-producing food sources that heal our micro-biome, all of which she incorporate in her complementary medical practice.

She is a member of the International Association of Healthcare Practitioners (IAHP); Ethnomedicine Practitioners in South Africa (EPASA); Complementary Therapists Accreditation Association (CTAA); National Association of Safety Practicioners (NASP); DOLE Accredited OSH Practitioner and many other health and wellness groups and organizations worldwide.

As a holistic healer, she treats the whole person as a WHOLE - an indivisible unit, not just an isolated set of symptoms, by looking at the interactions between the patient's genetics, environment and lifestyle and the long term cumulative effect of these factors on health and disease progression. Leah concentrates in releasing and healing the blockages on the spine which she believes is an integral part of her practise.

She offers an integrative approach to her patients’ health and wellness by treating each patient's individual needs in terms of non-invasive therapies, nutrition, diet and natural supplementation and enhancing their effectiveness through the different principles and disciplines that she has studied and been practising.

Leah strives to both educate and heal her patients, empowering them to live better and healthier lives and at the same time learn from them and their conditions. Check out this link of the International Association of Healthcare Practitioners (IAHP) where you can see some of the disciplines she practises: Just go to this websiteherethen put Dubai, United Arab Emirates and you will see her name - Leah Rivera. She's currently based in Dubai and still travels around Australia, Asia, Africa, North America, the Middle East and India where she does consultations and gives lectures.