Francesca Leo DeLouis, LBME, is a professional flutist, educator, administrator, and performing arts health advocate. As the founder of www.playingwithoutpain.com and Chair of the National Flute Association Performance Health Care Committee, Francesca is committed to contributing to research, spreading awareness, and furthering music education initiatives to help manage and prevent performance-related injuries in instrumental musicians. She has conducted research on the prevalence of performance- related injuries and the stress connection in collegiate musicians and is a Licensed Body Mapping Educator, holds a 50-hour Meditation Teacher Certification, and regularly incorporates trauma-informed practices in her work. Francesca has also served on the Board for the National Alliance on Mental Illness Wood County Chapter and the Young Professionals Committee with the Performing Arts Medicine Association, helping to develop their collegiate ambassador program. She holds master’s degrees in Classical Flute Performance and Business Administration through the Manhattan School of Music and Bowling Green State University (BGSU), as well as a Bachelor of Music degree from BGSU. As a performing artist, Francesca performs regularly with several orchestras throughout Michigan and northern Ohio and has given solo and chamber performances internationally, appearing as a soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, the New
Albany Symphony Orchestra, and the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia. To learn more about Francesca and her background, please visit www.playingwithoutpain.com or www.francescaleoflute.com.