from new albany, indiana, please welcome leslie turner. [cheers and applause] hi, leslie.>> hi, thank you. >> good to meet you. >> thank you. >> welcome to "millionaire." >> thank you. i'm so happy to be here. >> i'm glad you have a smile on your face. >> y

from new albany, indiana, please welcome leslie turner. [cheers and applause] hi, leslie.i, thank you. >> good to meet you. >> thank you. >> welcome to "millionaire." >> thank you. i'm so happy to be here. >> i'm glad you have a smile on your face. >> yes. >> i hope 14 questions from now, you have a smile on your face. >> me too, chris. >> so you left a cushy job to pursue a passion. first of all, what is this passion? >> well, i love to write. i've always wanted to be a writer, but not just any writer. i really like to help other people tell their stories, and so that's my passion. >> okay, but that doesn't exactly pay the bills, as opposed to--what job did you have? >> i was a financial aid counselor at indiana university, and that was a wonderful job, very fulfilling. >> a financial aid counselor. so, if i was a person coming in to see a financial aid counselor and i said, "i'm gonna quit my cushy job that pays me really well to go with a passion that may not pay me anything," what would you have told me? >> boy, that's a great question. i probably would've asked you, "