Leslie is the President-Founder of Assisi House, Inc. She is certified in Community Storytelling, Story Exchange Facilitation, and Narrative Medicine. She is a community-based participatory research expert, and she works with communities to conduct research, create actionable research designs, organize around community-identified issues, and create programs. An avid scholar-activist, her work is widely published on issues associated with health disparities, community polarization, and vulnerable populations.