1975
Ms. Leonard receives a Bachelor of Science in leisure services and studies from Florida State University.
1981
Ms. Leonard marries Dale Forrest Leonard.
1981
Ms. Leonard receives the First Place National Award from the Armed Services YMCA.
1989
Ms. Leonard receives a diploma from the Summer Naturalist Field School (Aspen Center for Environmental Studies).
1992
Ms. Leonard receives a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from San Diego State University.
1995
Ms. Leonard serves as a delegate at the U.S./Spain Joint Conference on Education in Barcelona, Spain.
1997
Ms. Leonard becomes an environmental education coordinator (SanDCREEC) at the San Diego National History Museum.
1997
Ms. Leonard receives the Outstanding Leadership Award from the California Alliance for Environmental Education.
1997
Ms. Leonard becomes a coordinator for the U.S. Information Agency African Regional Group Project.
2000
Ms. Leonard becomes a teacher in the state of California.
2002
Ms. Leonard serves as project leader at the California Institute for Biodiversity in Oakland, California.
2002
Ms. Leonard receives the Environmental Education Service Award from the National Association for Interpretation (NAI).
2003
Ms. Leonard serves as a scorer for the Education Testing Service (ETS) fourth grade New Jersey Language Arts Standardized Test.
2003
Ms. Leonard becomes an NAI certified interpretive guide. She continues to renew this certification every four years.
2003
Ms. Leonard becomes project coordinator for the high school curriculum project at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve in Imperial Beach, California.
2006
Ms. Leonard becomes a facilitator for Training for Diversity in EE in Austin, Texas.
2010
Ms. Leonard is certified as an environmental educator in the state of Colorado.
2015
Ms. Leonard becomes a master environmental educator through the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education.
2016
Ms. Leonard receives the Outstanding Retiring Environmental Educator Award.
2018
Ms. Leonard serves as a board member for the Western Colorado Alliance (WCA).