Leah was adopted from China when she was 8 months old and grew up in Florida. She spent some time in Los Angeles when she decided she wanted to be a star but came back to Florida as a teen. She moved back to LA to pursue acting and singing after graduating high school. She said in a 2012 interview that LA and Florida are very different and seemed to prefer LA, however, since moving to LA permanently, she's reminisced about missing her home state.