Leah earned her B.A. in Physics from Benedictine College in Atchison, KS, where her favorite non-physics classes were Christian Marriage and Stage Combat. In her professional life she has taught for Totus Tuus, characterized a spectrometer, worked on the beam line for a particle accelerator, and tossed heavy things while wearing roller skates. She, her husband, and their five children love board games, puzzles, hiking, and reading books aloud.