Lee grew up as a "Nature Girl" in the rural outskirts of New York City, where she developed and expressed her keen sense of biophilia. She expanded her passion for the outdoors when she ventured to the western side of the country and she currently owns a home in Boise, Idaho.
Lee grew up as a "Nature Girl" in the rural outskirts of New York City, where she developed and expressed her keen sense of biophilia. She expanded her passion for the outdoors when she ventured to the western side of the country and she currently owns a home in Boise, Idaho.
Lee graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1980 with a degree in environmental conservation. Her regular migration route with Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic follows the whales and birds by transiting from Alaska in the summer to Mexico in the winter, with a stopover in Idaho each way to visit her house, mow the lawn and feed the cat (she doesn't really have a cat). She is grateful to have the variety of mountains, forests, lakes, rivers, deserts, and oceans in which to work and play.
Although experienced in private consulting as well as Federal and State Government work, Lee has been a professional tour leader and naturalist around the world since 1988. As a generalist, Lee is well versed in many topics but has a particular interest in botany, marine mammals, ornithology, and geology. She likes to elucidate the interconnectedness of all things, great and small. A world traveler, Lee enjoys photographing the places she visits and sharing special areas and their natural history with other curious travelers. With an unquenched thirst for new experiences and knowledge about the natural world, she can often be spotted attached to her binocular in some fascinating place on the planet.