Leslie Mass

Born in Ipswich, Mass. and reared in Stratford, Conn., Leslie earned her bachelor's degree at Gettysburg College and master's and doctorate in early and middle-childhood education from Ohio State University. She and her husband, George, have two grown daughters and a grandson. Leslie was active in the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association. she is also the author of Back to Pakistan, A Fifty-Year Journey, recounting her Peace Corps stint there and a return five decades later.