In 2009, Leya met Ron DeSantis, then a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, at a baseball game in Jacksonville. The two struck up a conversation, and their whirlwind romance culminated in a marriage in 2010. The DeSantises have two daughters, Madison (born 2011) and Mamie (born 2014).
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