About Leanndra

Leanndra is a strategic education innovator, visionary, and accelerator for change. She is a licensed educator and owner of Exclusive Insights, LLC, a private education consulting business in Sarasota, Florida. She is also a published author and was recently featured in AP with her co-authors for the recent launch of Slaying Sarasota. In the Spring of 2025, she will publish her first solo book, Safe Spaces, Strong Minds which focuses on the importance of the educational environment for young learners. Leanndra is the Board President of Mind, Body, Spirit Education, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that supports families seeking personalized learning environments for their children and sits on other non-profit boards as serving her community is a value she holds close to her heart.

Leanndra attended Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana, earning two Bachelor’s degrees, one in Elementary Education and the other in Special Education. After the birth of her second child, Leanndra continued her education and received her Master’s in Educational Leadership from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

Before becoming an entrepreneur, she spent over a decade in public education as a special education teacher, classroom teacher, and assistant principal.

Leanndra draws on her expertise from her years in the classroom, current and former colleagues, being a student herself, a mother, and a homeschooling facilitator. She is actively engaged as a board member and thought partner with multiple non-profits and educational resources that focus on the needs and interests of the whole child.

She continues to welcome national and international collaborations regarding education. She is deeply invested in ensuring her children and the children of others grow up in a world where their strengths, interests, passions, and uniqueness are genuinely celebrated and embraced.