Career
Kathy Parker and Dennis DeShazer joined her in creating the show. Leach, a former teacher, worked with Parker on the idea that would become the eventual television show in 1987. Leach then brought together a team who created a series of home videos called Barney and the Backyard Gang.
The videos were sold directly to the public.
He liked the concept, so he spoke with Leach and other creators about putting Barney on television In October of that year, production began on the new television show, titled Barney & Friends, and in April 1992, it first aired on Public Broadcasting Service. Currently, Leach"s company SL Productions Limited Liability Company is developing a feature film of The Unicorn Sonata, based on the novel by Peter South. Beagle.
Leach, the daughter of Texas educators Billy and Mary (Whiteside) Stamps, was born in Henderson County, Texas, and raised in Dallas. A graduate of Kimball High School in Dallas, she holds a bachelor"s degree from Southern Methodist University and a master"s and honorary doctorate from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University–Commerce.