Houston, Texas Family Nurse Practitioner

In order to better serve her patients and families, she returned to graduate school and obtained her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Baylor University in 2019. As a Family Nurse Practitioner, Dr. LeighAnna enjoys caring for patients across the lifespan. Dr. LeighAnna is an active member of the Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurses and current President of the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter. In addition, she serves as the Houston Ambassador for Beads of Courage, an arts in medicine program that helps children with chronic illnesses share their story through beads. She serves as a medical representative volunteer for Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance and the Sunshine Kids.Dr. LeighAnna is a lifelong resident of the Clear Lake area, where she resides with her fur babies, Grace and Baylor. In her spare time, she is avid reader and working on writing a few novels of her own. In addition, she started a small crafting business during quarantine. 

On June 26, 1998, my life was changed forever. At age 7, I was diagnosed with cancer and fought for my life. Before my journey, I could not understand how medicine would become my calling. After, I recognized that I needed to pursue the medical field. My medical team was astounding; I realized I wanted to be just like them. Of all my medical staff, I admired my nurses and nurse practitioners the most. They were always so kind and I formed close life long bonds with them! 

After I became a nurse, I quickly felt called to do more for my patients and families. So, I returned to school and obtained my Doctorate in Nursing Practice and became a Family Nurse Practitioner!

Every patient is more than a diagnosis, medical record number, or statistic. My goal is to care for each patient and their family as I would care for my own family and friends.

I'm very excited to be joining the St. Hope team! Overall, I was very impressed with the mission and vision of St. Hope Foundation. In addition, I felt like family as soon as I met the team. Overall, I'm looking forward to helping my community through St. Hope Foundation.