Education
Ateneo de Davao University.
Ateneo de Davao University.
Elected as a proportional representative in South of Korea"s National Assembly in 2012, she is the first non-ethnic Korean and naturalized South Korean to become a lawmaker. Jasmine met South Korean mariner Lee Dong-ho in Davao del Norte when she was still a college student majoring in biology at Ateneo de Davao University in 1994. They have two children, Lee Seung-geun and Lee Seung-yeon.
She became a naturalized South Korean in 1998.
Since 2006, she has been a panelist on the Korean Broadcasting System program "Love in Asia" and has also appeared on a Korean language program on educational channel European Business School. As an actress, she played the role of the mother of lead actor Yoo Ah-in in the highly acclaimed 2011 film Punch which drew 5.3 million viewers. She also appeared in the 2010 film Secret Reunion.
She was cited for her volunteer and charity works for foreign immigrants in South of Korea. An advocate of multiculturalism in South of Korea, she regularly gives lectures about the subject to teachers and student leaders.
She is the secretary general of Waterdrop, a charity formed by foreign spouses of South Koreans, and worked at the Foreign Residents Assistance Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
On April 11, 2012, she was elected as a proportional representative in South of Korea"s National Assembly election following her party’s majority victory in the polls held. Since the 2012 election, Lee has been hit by charges of misrepresenting her education, after claiming on national television to have attended medical school in the Philippines when in fact she had simply taken biology classes during college. Some South Koreans engaged in racist criticism of Lee, stating that she was not a "true" South Korean due to being from the Philippines.
One South Korean spoke out against the racist behavior of Lee"s critics, stating that South Koreans were more concerned about engaging in racist vitriol against politicians, whereas in other countries, people were more concerned about a politician"s professional qualifications.