Leslie Schmunk has been making music almost her entire life, singing her first public solo at age 3. As a child, she studied piano and violin and sang in numerous choral groups. She received a bachelor of arts degree in Sacred Music in 1987 from Northwest College in Kirkland, WA. She has been teaching private piano and violin lessons since 1980. After the birth of her daughter in 2004, Leslie began researching music education options for her daughter and discovered Musikgarten's Family Music for Babies and Toddlers. She has been teaching infant and toddler music classes 2005. Her studio is located in unincorporated Snohomish County WA, north of Woodinville, east of Mill Creek, and just blocks away from Everett city limits.