Leslie graduated magna cum laude from University of Buffalo with a B.S. in Occupational Therapy. Additionally, became  certified in Gerontology and focused on providing therapy in home care services.   Due to the prevailance of unmanaged pain which impacted client's independence and improvement, she pursued training in Myofascial Release Techniques with amazing results.
She also encountered many clients with unmanaged lymphedema so became a certified lymphedema therapist.
In order to enance her skills, she entered Onondaga School of Therapeutic Massage graduating with honors.
While at OSTM, she presented a research presentation on lymphedema to educate fellow students on the importance of providing the proper treatment to all client's who have received any type of cancer treatment.