Yesenia “Jesi” Leon-Baron

Yesenia “Jesi” Leon-Baron is a Project Coordinator with the AATTAP, working with its U.S. Territorial and International projects and partners. She also serves as the Region 6 Liaison, which includes these areas.

Prior to her current role, Jesi helped coordinate AATAP’s Child Abduction Response Team (CART) program efforts, focusing on team certification and re-certification guidance and support. Jesi also previously served as the AATTAP Region One Liaison, working with the Northeastern state AMBER Alert partners and CART program leaders.

Jesi served as a law enforcement officer in Florida from 1997 through her retirement in 2012. During her career, she was assigned to the Orlando Regional Operations Center Cyber High-Tech Crimes Squad. She was a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Innocent Images Task Force, investigating the online exploitation of children and a member of the Florida Internet Crimes against Children Task Force. Under her leadership as the Central Florida Child Abduction Response Team Coordinator, their greatest achievement was the recovery of Nadia Bloom in 2010. The team became the 13th in the nation and the 4th in the state of Florida to be certified. In 2012, Jesi was awarded the State Law Enforcement Officer of the Year during the Florida Missing Children’s Day.

Jesi has a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Florida International University in Miami, Florida, and a Master of Science degree in General Management from St. Thomas University.