Leslie Grubb

Leslie Grubb is a fourth-generation Californian, who has an innate interest in the state's history due to her family's roots there. Her maternal great-great-grandfathers were an Anaheim orange grove farmer and a Southern California postmaster in the early twentieth century.

Leslie received a B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a multi-subject education credential from San Jose State University. She is a retired elementary and middle school teacher who lives with her husband and golden retriever in San Diego, where they raised their five children.