[11] She gives speeches about financial literacy,[12] career success,[13] pitching stories to the media,[14] and saving money.

[15] Elisabeth Ann Leamy was born September 10, 1967, in St. Louis, MO, and spent most of her childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area.

[17] Currently, Elisabeth Leamy writes a Washington Post consumer column[18] about topics such as how to avoid robocalls,[19] whether expensive paint brands are worth it,[20] and ways to save money on organic groceries.

[7] In 1999, while at WTTG, Leamy broadcast an investigative story about a Washington, D.C., rave party called "Buzz".

In 2006, Leamy investigated the herbal remedy "Airborne" for Good Morning America,[28] questioning the company's clinical trial evidence and marketing claims.

Two years later, Airborne settled a class action lawsuit and FTC charges, not admitting fault, but agreeing to refund consumers up to $30 million.

[29][30] In 2010, Leamy conducted an exclusive interview with President Barack Obama about the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

[32] Leamy's story about a West Virginia Woman who was trying to collect a $10 million judgment from an abusive debt collector was ABC's most-trafficked web feature of 2012.

[33][34] In 2013, Leamy reported for The Dr. Oz Show that epidural steroid injections for back pain are not FDA approved and have caused injuries and deaths.