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. She 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” and the Musical Director of the Mold and District Choral Society.
Leigh was appointed Conductor of the Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir on the 1st of March 2010.