From 1897 to 1899 she studied in Paris; at the Académie Julian her instructors included Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, Jean-Paul Laurens, and Jean-Jacques Henner.
Prior to her return to the United States she showed work at the Paris Salon.
She won a number of prizes during her career, largely from Washington organizations.
[4] Leisenring's nephew donated a collection of close to a hundred of her works, including paintings and drawings, to the Arts Club of Washington in 2008.
[5] Her portrait of Robert Morris, after an original by Charles Willson Peale, is owned by the United States Department of the Treasury.