Born in Ames, Iowa Leslie grew up near the first water tower west of the Mississippi. She truly grazed the fields looking for a home to shelter her truth. "Art is breathing in a valley I seek it's pain. All my work is speaking a new language. Death to the sargent."

After graduating from Ames High School Leslie went on to 4 years at the School of the museum of fine arts, in Boston. She is currently seek ways to make money but has not acomplised this. Please help in anyway you can.