Volunteer Spotlight: Mary Leite

Written By Christie Browning

Mary Leite became a CASA volunteer in 2017 and serves Steuben County. She has overseen 8 CHINS cases, 2 divorce cases, and advocated for a total of 17 children. Mary chose CASA as a way to give back to her community. Before staying home to homeschool her children, being a special education teacher, and Special Olympics coach, she felt this was a good way to use her experience to advocate for children once again.

Mary has three children. Her oldest, Logan, is a Trine graduate and heading to law school; Katie is a freshman at Trine and a member of their NCAA championship triathlon team; and her youngest son is a senior at Fremont Highschool and is an avid basketball and golf player. Mary loves to travel; she never misses a minute of her children’s sporting events and takes every second she can to spend time with friends and family.

Fun fact about Mary, she is a former D-1 swimmer and was ranked third in the world in taekwondo in sparring. 

“The best advice I could give to new volunteers is to lead with your intuition and trust your instinct,” said Mary. “Love big you won’t regret it.”

 Thank you, Mary, for simply being you!

Christie Browning

Christie is a five-time HSPA award-winning writer with a long resume of creative, compelling writing. Her background includes journalism and marketing, which allows her to bring a specialized voice to the pieces created for her clients. On her own, Christie has written for newspapers, online magazines and major publications. For her clients, Christie produces web designs, press and media releases, blog articles, downloadable worksheets and flyers as well as social media content. Her long-time career as an entrepreneur gives her unique insight into what her clients need to promote their products, services and messages.

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