Summary
Leslie Rose is a children’s media consultant and full-stack web developer with eight years of experience crafting engaging digital experiences and front-end interfaces for kids’ applications and television. Based in Dallas, she blends an MA in Educational Children's Media and technical training from SMU to translate educational goals into playful, safe, and accessible digital content. Her background includes leading social media and community growth for KIDZ BOP—where she more than doubled Facebook fans—and hands-on production and research work with Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon, giving her a rare mix of content strategy, moderation expertise, and curriculum-informed design. She also creates original kids’ programming and puppetry (Bleeckie Streetie), demonstrating an ability to invent characters and formats that resonate across classrooms, hospitals, and digital platforms. Passionate about front-end UX for young users, she seeks roles where learning, creativity, and impact converge.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Certificate, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business
M.A. in Educational Children's Media, Thesis: Integrating Music Literacy into Children's TV, Awarded the Gallatin Dean’s Scholarship and Richard Essey Scholarship, M.A. in Educational Children's Media, Thesis: Integrating Music Literacy into Children's TV, Awarded the Gallatin Dean’s Scholarship and Richard Essey Scholarship at New York University
Full-Stack Web Development Certificate, Full-Stack Web Development Certificate at Southern Methodist University