Leanne Allen graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2020 with a major in History. She was selected as an EWU McNair Scholar in March of 2018 and completed an independent research project with faculty mentor Dr. J. William Youngs. Her research focus was on the Nez Perce tribe of the Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific/Inland Northwest.

Leanne was accepted into the History master's program at Eastern Washington University where she began attending in Fall 2020.