FINKSBURG, MD / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / Marquis Who's Who is proud to interview and honor Xiomara Leslie for her distinguished contributions to the insurance and financial services industry. Ms. Leslie has established a career defined by resilience, entrepreneurship, service and a deeply personal commitment to helping individuals, families and fellow advisors build more secure futures.

In her Marquis Who's Who interview, Ms. Leslie indicated that at the heart of her work today is a clear mission: helping advisors become true businesspeople who can build meaningful income, create lasting systems and expand their impact. She teaches, coaches and develops agents with an emphasis on structure, discipline and sustainability, stressing that success in insurance does not come from having a license alone. Rather, it comes from understanding how to build real systems that can support growth over time.

"And the stronger your systems, the faster they grow," she noted. "It's when your systems aren't real systems: You try to run a business, but it keeps falling apart. This is why 90 percent of people fail: They don't have good systems and don't really stay in it long enough to tighten them up."

Ms. Leslie serves as principal of Chesapeake Benefits Group Inc., a role she has held since 2018. In that capacity, she leads a team of agents, recruits new talent and spends long hours training others to replicate the knowledge and practices she has developed through years of experience. Her work focuses on life insurance, health insurance and Medicare planning, but her impact extends well beyond product placement.

As she explained in her interview, she wants agents to understand that they are not simply enrolling clients into plans. They are giving people a chance to live longer, make better choices and access resources that can strengthen entire families and communities.

One of the most distinctive aspects of Ms. Leslie's current work is her focus on Medicare Advantage and advisory-level guidance. "There are approximately 1.4 million licensed insurance agents in the U.S.," she said. "However, there are fewer than 130,000 advisors who are nationally certified to offer Medicare Advantage plans, provide oversight and work to produce better health outcomes."

For Ms. Leslie, Medicare planning is integral to retirement planning. She emphasized that health must come first, because without health, people may never have the chance to enjoy the assets they worked so hard to build. She has become especially passionate about helping communities understand that Medicare is not comprehensive coverage by itself and that thoughtful planning is essential to closing gaps before they become crises.

Ms. Leslie explained to Marquis Who's Who that her mother's cognitive decline sharpened her sense of urgency and ultimately redirected her toward the medical and retirement-planning side of insurance. Though she could not change her mother's fate, the knowledge she gained through that experience now allows her to guide other families through difficult decisions before they are overwhelmed. That hard-won insight has become one of the most powerful forces behind her work.

Ms. Leslie has often described herself as someone who outgrew environments that could not fully use her gifts. In the interview, she reflected on wanting to do more for clients than simply save them money in a narrow category. Once she discovered the broader role insurance plays in protecting businesses and people through life changes and unforeseen hardship, it became the vehicle through which she could finally match her analytical strengths with her desire to serve at a higher level. Her background in chemistry, research and wellness has also helped shape the thoughtful, methodical way she approaches problems and trains others.

Her success, however, is not something she measures only in production. Ms. Leslie told Marquis Who's Who that real success is found in helping people stay protected, informed and in position. She believes in educating communities, challenging misconceptions and ensuring that seniors, families, providers and service coordinators better understand the full value of Medicare, long-term care planning and available support resources. She also attributes her growth to self-awareness, explaining that recognizing her own flaws and accepting criticism from staff and colleagues have made her a stronger leader and business owner.

"Xiomara Leslie exemplifies the caliber of business leader Marquis Who's Who is proud to chronicle," the editorial team stated. "Her work in insurance services, Medicare planning and agent development reflects a commitment to systems, education and service that is helping individuals and communities build stronger futures." Through its interview and recognition of Ms. Leslie, Marquis Who's Who celebrates a professional whose work continues to turn hard-earned knowledge into meaningful protection and opportunity for others.

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