About

My name is Leanna and this is my story.

I became a medical assistant in 2003 and worked in the medical field until 2014. Though I loved working in the medical field, I decided to turn to another area that I love.  I have always loved working with children and they have always felt at ease with me.

My first opportunity to work with children was when I was younger, through my church.  After that experience, I knew that I was meant to work with children.  

Shortly after I left home, I had a job at a Kindercare, as an assistant teacher with the toddlers.  I eventually transferred to a location in Hillsboro and became the teacher for the younger preschool class.  When I started, there were just enough children, that a second teacher was not needed.  Towards the end of my stay there, we had enough children to need a teacher aide.  At a Kindercare conference/Retreat, I was given the award for the best curriculum, in my region.  Unfortunetly, due to rising cost of living, I made the hard decision of leaving the preschool, to find higher paying work.   Ever since that experience I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if I stayed.

In 2002, I decided to go back to school and became a Certified Medical Assistant.  I had done for 11 years, and again wondered if there could have been more.  In 2014, I decided to bow out of the medical field for a while and turn my focus on working with children again. And that was when, Leanna's Learning Tree Preschool and Childcare was born.