Ventura County Reporter Puts Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo on the Cover

Our client Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo landed the cover of Ventura County Reporter for Threads of Awakening, her memoir on training as a thangka artist, the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist practice of painting sacred scroll images, carrying a foreword from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

The book traces what began as an adventurous trip to India and turned into years of apprenticeship under a master thangka painter, a path that reshaped Rinchen-Wongmo's sense of purpose and eventually her entire career. Published by She Writes Press, the memoir sits at the intersection of travel writing, spiritual memoir, and art history, a combination that made it a natural fit for a cover feature rather than a brief mention.

A cover story like this is exactly the kind of placement our press campaigns aim for: a feature that gives a client's full story room to breathe rather than a passing mention. 

You can read the full cover story on Ventura County Reporter for the complete piece.