Leighton was raised in Atlantic Beach, FL. and graduated from Florida State College at Jacksonville in 2018 with a degree in Interior Design. Some of her favorite things are photography, going to concerts, creating art with her friends and spending the day at the beach. Leighton has been with Beaches Woodcrafts since August 2017. At 23, Hoey’s already a season veteran documentarian of music in Northeast Florida. In contrast to the more posed or highly stylized press photos that many of us who cover music are used to, Hoey’s immersive view––impromptu snaps of bands and audiences in full-flight––certainly standout.