Born 1984 in Goerlitz, Germany, Kathleen Leonard studied "Baltic Management" at the University of Applied Sciences Stralsund. She accomplished part of her secondary education at Gdansk Technical University (Poland). At the age of 24 she graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from both universities. During her curriculum, Leonard worked in close collaboration with Guyra Paraguay, a nature conservation organisation, on an eco tourism project. Furthermore, she established a strategic paper on how to implement environmental management in an SME. Today, Kathleen Leonard lives in Strasbourg, France, and prepares for an extra-occupational master course.