• Psychosocial/ Developmental Expert

Leslie holds a Bachelors in Elementary Education and Masters in Marriage, Family, and Human Development from BYU. She completed her child life training at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and is a certified child life specialist, trained to address the psychosocial/emotional needs of children and adolescents in relation to their medical conditions by providing psychological preparation, and therapeutic support activities. She worked as a child life specialist at UCSF Medical Center and has taught at BYU and Ohlone College. She has worked with thousands of children in countries around the world as a child life specialist for Operation Smile medical missions. She lives in Massachusetts and is the mother of 3 sons, one with a port wine birthmark.

• Birthmarks Types:

  Hemangioma, Venous Malformation, Lymphatic Malformation, Unknown / Not sure, Port Wine Stain, AVM, Combination, Other

• Birthmark Syndromes:

  Sturge-Weber Syndrome, PHACES, CLOVES, Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, Unknown / Not Sure, Other

• Practice Specialties:

  Psychology, Other

• Procedures Offered:

  Other