Leigh developed symptoms of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy in 1984 when she was nine years old. She had open heart surgey in 1992, a pacemaker inserted in 1995 and an ICD implanted in 2001.
Her mother was the founder of Cardiomyopathy Australia; her father also had caardiomyopathy. Leigh now holds down a responsible job with a multinational company and travels interstate regularly.
