Leslie’s most recent solo show, Strings Attached, was featured at the Garrison Art Center in Garrison, New York. Her work has been shown extensively in group shows across the New York and Boston areas, including Little Lightning at The Canopy Studio in Chelsea, NY, and Slant Rhyme at the Kniznick Gallery at Brandeis University. She has been awarded fellowships to attend residencies at Saltonstall, The Studios at MASS MoCA, and the Chautauqua School of Art. Leslie teaches Visual Culture in the Department of Art and Design at Montclair State University and mentors graduate students in the low-residency program at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Leslie received a Master of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, MA, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Alberta College of Art + Design (nka Alberta University of the Arts) in Calgary, AB, Canada. She lives in the Hudson Valley, NY, with her family.