Leslie Pitt

Leslie Pitt has been called a "globe-trotting humanitarian", but she started out as a little girl who dreamed of making the world a a better place. She is educated in law, nursing, global health and human rights. After a twenty-five year career in healthcare, she shifted paths to pursue her passion to help children with differing abilities by starting the global nonprofit organization, Project Lolo.

When Leslie was six, she lost her leg above the knee - she knows what it is like to be a child longing to be seen for who she really is, beyond her differing abilities, or in her case, a prosthetic leg. She wrote Lolo's Superpower to help children embrace whatever differences make them uniquely amazing.

Leslie lives in Minneapolis with her three, well-loved rescue cats.