Leslie graduated from Auburn University in 2006 with a BA in English. She currently works as a lion tamer — er, legal assistant — at a law firm in downtown Atlanta.

Her short term goals include surviving the graduate school application process so that she may be enrolled in a MA/PhD English program in Fall 2007.

For Leslie, “living the life she imagines” would consist of teaching at a small yet ambitious liberal arts college, laughing daily with friends and family, and finally unlocking the secret of what makes those Starbucks peppermint mocha frappachinos so irresistably tasty.