Leia is an Arizona native who grew up in north Phoenix and attended Shadow Mountain High School. Pursuing her passion for science, she earned a bachelors degree in chemistry with an emphasis in biochemistry from the University of San Diego. During this time, she spent a semester studying in Cork, Ireland, at University College Cork. Prior to law school, Leia worked as a research assistant for several months before becoming a clinical laboratory specialist at Creative Testing Solutions where she conducted high complexity biochemical testing of blood samples. Leia earned her juris doctorate from Arizona Summit Law School, cum laude. During law school, Leia was president of the Intellectual Property Student Association and earned four CALI awards including one in legal research and writing and one in patent law and drafting. During this time, Leia worked as a law clerk for an Arizona boutique intellectual property firm during her second year and became a patent agent during her third year. Leia is currently an associate with the firm and drafts and prosecutes patent application in the chemical, mechanical, semiconductor, electromechanical, biochemical, and software technologies.