Leslie is a certified Speech Language Pathologist with the American Speech Language and Hearing Association and the Texas Speech Language and Hearing Association. She is also a singing voice teacher and accent modification coach. She has been working with professional voices for over 20 years. Leslie is a member of ASHA’s Special Interest Group 3 (Voice and Voice Disorders).
Leslie served in the US Army as a Soldier-Musician from 2006-2012, and has extensive experience in musical theatre, rock, country, jazz, and pop vocal performance. She also plays the piano, flute, and piccolo. She obtained an Associate of Fine Arts in Vocal Performance under the instruction of David Alexander, then completed her music education at the Armed Forces School of Music in Virginia.
She performed professionally with Army Materiel Command Band in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, The I Corps Band, in Ft. Lewis, WA, and the 323rd Medical Command Band / 5th Army Band in Ft. Sam Houston, Tx. in addition to touring and performing worldwide in musical theatre and concert productions.
After the Army, Leslie graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology from the University of Texas at Dallas, and with her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Texas Woman's University.
In 2020, she founded North Texas Voice and Speech, a speech language pathology company specialized in voice and swallowing disorders providing mobile videostroboscopy, fiberendoscopic evaluations of swallowing (FEES), and remote care in all areas of Texas.