Career
In her first year of college, Lee was exposed to national political controversies including pictures from the 1980 Kwangju massacre, which caused her to drop out of college in 1985 to disguise herself as a worker and got to a factory. She began to read voraciously, debate social issues, and build a personal national consciousness. Lee taught high-school for two years before making her literary debut.
Lee often travels to remote and underdeveloped parts of the world and has recently served as a volunteer worker in Indonesia for two years.
