Brooke
Leandra

I grew up in the small town of Alma, Arkansas. I’m the middle child and the firstborn daughter of seven children. I’ve always loved my loud, boisterous family, my friends, and the gift of music. I discovered music at a young age, and by the time I was 14, I had fallen in love with expression of my soul intertwining with music.

When I became a Christian, music became my main form of worship and the way I connected with the Lord. I was determined to learn piano and make music, even with only a few lessons. Every day after school, I would come home and spend hours at the piano, pouring out my heart and writing songs that only heaven heard. Those early moments shaped the path I’m walking today.

At 18, I moved to Kansas City, Missouri, to pursue my love for music and step into full-time ministry as a musician and worship leader. There, I found a close-knit community of singer-songwriters who shared my passion for writing honest and meaningful songs. I’ve been leading worship since I was 15 years old, and that calling has stayed with me through every new adventure and challenge.

While in Kansas City and eventually moving to several other states, I got married and had three beautiful children. Even in the busy years of motherhood and planting churches, I kept writing music and leading worship in every church I served. Now I live in Cincinnati, Ohio, where I lead worship at a local church and still spend time at the piano singing to Jesus and writing songs. One of my greatest joys is teaching my children to do the same.

The biggest turning point in my journey came with the painful loss of my marriage. When my husband left, everything in my life shifted. Ministry, motherhood, relationships, goals, life's trajectory, and music all changed. I needed a place to bring my heartbreak, and once again, I found it in songwriting. I began to process my grief and life's changes through music, singing to Jesus in the middle of my pain.

Through the sorrow of divorce and loss, something new began to grow. Songs came from that place of brokenness. For most of my life music was my constant, now it's my safe place. A place where I can tell the truth, express my emotions, and create something beautiful out of all I have walked through.

If you visit southeast Ohio, you will find me singing and writing wherever I go. I am still creating, still worshiping, and still following the thread of music that has been with me all along.