Leigh was born and raised in the Atlanta area and has been a parishioner at STM for ten years. She has a background in community development and non-profit management. Leigh spent the last few years working with indigenous coffee producers on alternative economic models for coffee trade and completing her MA in Comparative Religious Studies and International Development at Georgia State. She has two kids at Western Carolina University and lives in Decatur. In her downtime, she loves traveling with her kids and going to music festivals.