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Professional athlete turns singer-songwriter as music helps her autistic son

Posted at 12:30 PM, May 03, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-03 15:30:53-04

A former collegiate and professional softball pitcher turned yoga student / teacher and studio owner, is now focusing her work on voice, speech, and spirit as a singer-songwriter, performing with her band The Night Lights. Leigh Lesho also talks about her 7 year old son that has autism and how music is their main form of medicine. Her son was non-verbal until the age of four, and is now able to speak in some sentences.