"Leishman grew up in Georgia, moving to the Los Angeles area after completing her Masters of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Originally trained as a photographer, she now works in collage. Using both traditional and non-traditional materials, including fragments of old projects, Leishman explores the dichotomies she witnesses.

She has shown her work nationally, won awards, and taught fine art in Utah and California. Her work is beloved by designers. She also collaborates with evolutionary biologist Steven Peck on bodies of work investigating the loss we will continue to experience with climate change."