Leah McKenzie
Long Beach, CALIFORNIA — In a vacant fenced-in North Long Beach dirt lot just a few doors down from where Leah McKenzie grew up, a mural depicting the 21-year-old now emblazons a bordering wall once used by neighborhood kids to play handball.
The mural, part of an effort to beautify blighted areas...

![Leah McKenzie, of Long Beach 21, stands in front of the mural that she was the inspiration for painted in the city’s Northside reflecting Samoan culture in Long Beach July 18, 2018. [Photo by Thomas R Cordova] Leah McKenzie, of Long Beach standing before the mural.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/0719-mural-19-trcweb.jpg?itok=HCbfTye3)