Heather Leonard, MA, MFA, holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with an emphasis in Genre Fiction from Western Colorado University; a Master of Arts in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo; and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Communications from California State University, Fullerton. Ms. Leonard began her teaching career leading first-year writing courses and directing the Law School Writing Center at SUNY Buffalo, and today she evaluates student writing for the University of Texas at Austin’s OnRamps dual-enrollment rhetoric program.

With nearly two decades of hospitality leadership experience, Ms. Leonard has also designed and facilitated training programs and mentored hundreds of young adults in their first jobs. Ms. Leonard’s feature writing appears regularly in The Crested Butte Magazine and the Gunnison Country Times, and she is currently enjoying revising one of her own novels, a literary thriller. When not writing or teaching with Aquinas Writing Advantage students, you can find Ms. Leonard helping plan the Mountain Words Literary Festival, serving on local nonprofit boards, and, of course, getting lost in a good book. She lives in the Colorado Rockies with her dog, Honey, and two elusive kitties.

Here at Aquinas Writing Advantage, Ms. Leonard is a High School Writing Support Specialist and offers Instructor Access for Fiction Writing courses.

Check the current Recorded Course catalog to see Ms. Leonard’s Instructor Access course offerings and sign up for her courses.