Her visual arts studies began with a B.A. from Simon Fraser University and a B.F.A. in photography from Emily Carr University in Vancouver. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute in California and completed a Master of Fine Art in Photography at Concordia University in Montréal. Leier has shown photo-based and web art works in solo and group exhibitions in British Columbia, Québec, Ontario and Northern Canada. She has exhibited internationally in the United States, Scotland, France and Brazil. Her work is represented on the site; Fonds Documentaire – sponsored by VOX, Centre de l’image contemporaine in Montréal, Québec.