Laura-Leigh Todd | Academic Influence

Principal and Author

Laura-Leigh Todd is a principal’s daughter who got a backstage look at education from an early age. She attended Winthrop University and graduated with a bachelor of art in English in 2015 before receiving a master of liberal arts in English from Converse University in 2017.

Laura-Leigh has taught everything from third grade to college English and loves helping students cultivate passions for learning and reading. She was promoted to principal of Union Christian Day School in 2018. She published her first middle-grade novel, Elora the Unknown, in 2021.