Leanne is a certified practising speech pathologist. She graduated from Curtin University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Applied Science -speech and hearing. She has worked as a speech pathologist at Launceston General Hospital and Fremantle Hospital and as a senior speech pathologist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital before starting at St John of God Health Care in private practice 24 years ago. She has been employed at St John of God Murdoch Hospital after the in-house service commenced in April 2022.