Leanna Woodley is a licensed educator and certified life coach. She is a co-founder/co-owner of Spain Abroad, a life-coaching based Study Abroad wellness program in Southern Spain.

Along with her husband, a licensed mental health counselor, and mother, a licensed mental health counselor and state legislator, they created a unique study abroad experience that offers guidance with executive functioning, future planning independent life skills, and holistic wellness for students 17-23 years old while studying the Spanish culture, history, language and arts. Many of these students have previously faced anxiety, depression, ASD, ADHD, social anxiety, tech overuse, and/or are in need of a little extra coaching before they begin their next steps. Additionally, Spain Abroad Academy is partnered with many international online high schools, offering a study abroad high school experience. Leanna also teaches screenwriting and creative writing to students in Spain.

Prior to the pandemic, Leanna and her husband co-created a non-profit called Youth Unplugged, that raised awareness for technology balance and responsible tech use for elementary children through outdoor play camps and nationwide education. Through Youth Unplugged, they helped children balance technology by connecting to nature, community and themselves. Leanna’s husband, Johnny Tock, was previously a director at the first gaming and internet addiction rehabilitation program in the United States. 

Leanna has a degree from Columbia College in Television Writing and Producing and writes screenplays and television series. As well, Leanna trained at Second City Chicago and Gately-Poole Meisner Acting Conservatory in Chicago and New York. She attended Pepperdine University for graduate school in American Studies. Leanna taught drama to children in New York, and screenwriting in Las Vegas.

Leanna lives in Southern Spain with her husband, daughter and two pups, but makes regular visits to their home in Seattle as well as to her father and step-mother’s sustainable farm outside of Portland, Oregon, where they run an Indigenous Agricultural and Learning Center.