Leah Coll
Leah’s unconventional journey to teaching Latin at Wilson Hill began with her younger son’s struggle with reading. The family launched into home-education where Leah stumbled upon Latin and immediately fell in love with the beauty and benefits of studying this ancient language. While teaching her own children, she became determined to master Latin for herself, employing hours of self-study, university course work and much mentoring and encouragement from Wilson Hill’s beloved Joanna Hensley. Based on Leah’s own experiences of working through the struggles to understand Latin concepts, she brings empathy and hope to her students—along with fun and laughter—as they practice their forms, compete as teams and complete “Coll Polls” to achieve mastery.
Leah began teaching Latin at Wilson Hill in 2016 and brings 20 plus years of combined teaching experience from home, homeschool co-op and formal classroom settings. She graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and spent the first ten years of her working life as a critical care RN.
After spending their entire lives in the East, the Colls recently moved to Washington State to be closer to their grandchildren, while remaining loyal Ohio State Buckeye fans. When she’s not writing lesson plans, Leah loves to read, memorize Scripture, run, swim, share a good cup of coffee with a friend, and watch meteor showers in the middle of the night. Most importantly, she loves to testify to her students—and to her children and grandchildren—of the goodness of the Lord.
“I only took Latin 2 because I had to and was dreading it. Now Latin is my favorite class, and I can’t wait to take [Latin 3] next year!” —Former student