LATINA COMPOSER WHO HAS MADE HER MARK BY FOLLOWING THE RHYTHM OF HER OWN BEAT, OWNS PIECES, CARRY HER CARIBBEAN INFLUENCES WITH SOUNDS OF HER TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD.

WE MET WITH A DEAL TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HER AWARD FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S MUSIC DEPARTMENT.

FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THE PIECE IT STILL HAVE THE DRIVE.

YOU CAN TO EVERY NO COUNTIES.

>> WE MET ON INSIDE A MUSIC HALL AT NORTHWESTERN'S BEEN IN SCHOOL OF MUSIC.

WHAT ABOUT THE WILDNESS OF THE SOLOISTS?

>> SOMETHING HAPPENED.

YOU'RE TO TEND IT RIGHT NOW.

IT BE OK. >> THE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE IS PREPARING TO PLAY.

ONE OF THE AUNTS PIECE IS CALLED IS GOOD I THINK SO.

I PRECAUTION WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU, IT DOESN'T MEAN DISAPPEAR.

LEONE HAS A REMARKABLE BODY OF WORK AND A JOURNEY SHE SAYS HAS TAKEN HER AROUND THE WORLD, LENDING HER NUMEROUS AWARDS, INCLUDING THE PULITZER PRIZE IN MUSIC THIS YEAR, NORTHWESTERN'S MUSIC DEPARTMENT, OUR WATER FOR THE MEMBERS PRIZE IN MUSIC COMPOSITION.

LET ME TELL YOU IT'S NOT FUNNY, HUMBLE HOME A LITTLE BUT THE THAT I A IT IT IS LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SEES THAT I REMEMBER.

A BIG INNINGS.

EVERY MEMBER OF MY GRANDMOTHER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SHE HEARD THE PIECE SO MANY TIMES THAT IF I MADE A MISTAKE, SHE WILL BE IN THE KITCHEN IS A HUMANITY, THING CAN BE ON LABELS AND BOUNDARIES AS WELL.

LEON SAYS SHE WANTS STUDENTS TO TAKE AWAY.

>> AS SHE HOSTS WORKSHOPS AND COACHING SESSIONS OVER THE NEXT 2 YEARS THAT HE NEEDS I THINK THAT THE CULTURE OF A PERSON IS THE SUM TOTAL THE EXPERIENCES OF PERSON THAT HAVE CREATED THEIR OWN LANGUAGE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE CALL.

YOU I THAT THIS MY LANGUAGE, THAT'S THAT'S ME.

WHAT REPRESENT.

>> KEEPS HER HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AND HAVE AN CLOSE TO HER HEART, PRAISING HER FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING HER DREAMS, A YOUNG NOW HER PIECES HAVE BEEN PLAYED ON STAGES ACROSS THE LIMIT METAMORPHOSIS OF ALL THESE INFLUENCES.

>> AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, A BRIGHT AND THEY COME BACK TO ME IN.

>> AND I TRY TO BE REGARDLESS OF THE KIND OF MUSIC THAT I'M DOING.

I LIKE TO BE A SPONTANEOUS AND ALLOWED WHAT?

CAME TO MY MIND, YOU KNOW, TO BE THERE.

>> JUST AT THIS POINT YOUR LIFE IS YOUR IS YOUR MY DREAM IS TO CONTINUE LEADING INTO THAT.

THEY HAVE TO >> IT IS WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS ON AN ONGOING BASIS FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS.

NOW, WE