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Growing up, Leslie Jacobs’ bedroom was an organizing dream. Her David Cassidy photos were so even, they looked like wall paper. She graduated from University of Bridgeport with a degree in Journalism. In 1989 she received her Master’s degree from Wesleyan. After college, she worked as photographer for United Press International. Jacobs photographed celebrities Bruce Springsteen to Paul Newman and politicians like Henry Kissinger.

She added fundraising to her many skills and spent 10 years raising money for various non-profits. Asking people for money was in her blood; both of her parents were in sales, her father in the stock market and her mother in the travel industry.

In the spring of 1999, she was in her cousin Sheila’s kitchen and opened a cabinet. Plastic Tupperware came tumbling out. Looking at the pile of plastic on the floor, Jacobs asked if she could organize this cabinet for her. Within two hours, the kitchen was organized and Sheila was explaining to Jacobs how she could turn this special talent into a business.

Twenty-four hours later Les Is More was born. Jacobs’s first name Leslie was the inspiration of Les in Les Is More.

As a professional organizer, Jacobs lectures, writes for various newspapers and magazines teaches organizing for Adult Education courses and helps people and business get organized.

She has appeared on Connecticut television sharing her organizing tips. One of her next goals is a radio phone in show helping people get organized and living clutter-free.

She created Les Mess, the only organizing game for children ages 6-12. Jacobs works with clients over the phone, which one client said is like having a personal organizer on speed dial. Jacobs sells her Les Mess games and books phone organizing by the hour through her website, www.lesmess.com

For more information or to book Les Is More call 1-887-Our Mess.