Leigh was educated at Castell Alun High School in Hope going on to gain a BMus and MA from the University of Wales in Bangor and is now a Music Teacher at Helsby High School.
She is a keen singer having been a member of the Flintshire Youth Choir, the Four Counties Youth Choir, the National Youth Choir of Wales and the Sirenian Singers as well as being an accomplished musician on the flute, piano, double bass and trombone.
Leigh was the Choral Director of the Bangor University Music Society Choir and has more recently been the Musical Director of the Wrexham Musical Theatre for a production of “The Wizard of Oz”. In September 2008 Leigh became the Conductor of the Mold and District Choral Society.
On the 1st of March Leigh started her appointment as the new Conductor of the Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir.