A native Buffalonian; Leah grew up to a Sicilian-American father; Ricky and an All-American, former Miss Erie County, mom; Kathy (Hale), which have relocated to Garner, NC. Leah studied dance at East Carolina University and De Montfort Uni in Leicester, UK. Living in Los Angeles; she calls Playhouse West home, where she will forever be a student of the Meisner Technique, learning under Robert Carnegie and Holly Gagnier. Some of her favorite projects have included her own short film; Universal Donor, that she wrote and starred in.