Leslie completed her undergraduate in social work at the University of Southern Mississippi and received her master’s from The University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. She has 22 years of social work experience providing services in child welfare and pre and post-adoption services. She currently works full-time for Alahealth providing medical case management. She is adjunct faculty with the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Social Work and provides pre-adoption contract services part-time. Leslie is an adoptive parent of a 24-year-old daughter and co-parents of a sibling group of five from foster care.