Leslie grew up in suburban Maryland surrounded by a loving family but bereft of animals. She promptly became a perpetual beginner horseback rider as soon as she could afford it and cloying dog parent as soon as she could commit the time to it. She’s been a volunteer literacy teacher for many decades working with adults and youngsters, and the chairperson on her condominium board’s ‘Building and Grounds Committee’ which monitors the condominium’s engineering safety and aesthetics.  In the real world she is a senior scientist for a NASA contractor calibrating satellites that measure ozone in the stratosphere. She is proud to serve as secretary and be a part of the Fox Moon Farm Project.