User:Leslie Ann Pilling

Leslie Ann Pilling was born in 1959 in Detroit Michigan, later moving with her family to Birmingham Michigan.

Family upbringing Raised in an academic household with both parents receiving their Doctorates at various times. Her parents field studies and research influenced frequent family trips to Northern California. During these adventurous summers, Pilling and her family lived and learned about Native American culture and were embraced by the Yurok and Hoopa Tribes. She and her other three siblings were adopted into the Yurok Tribe by Sam and Audrey Jones the Chief at that time.

Life-long entrepreneur Pilling's first business was as a twelve year old.She organized a small summer art class for the neighborhood children.