Lee Boram earned her doctorate in Human Ecology at Seoul National University College of Human Ecology and is currently working as an Department of Family Welfare Assistant Professor at Daegu University. Lee is also interested in improving the welfare of socially and economically marginalized children and families. Thus, Lee participated in maternal and child health projects and parent education projects in Malawi, Africa and is currently conducting research on ways to improve resilience of children who are North Korean defectors, from lower-income families, are from multicultural families and children with diseases or disabilities. Currently, Lee is making efforts to bridge the educational gap by conducting mentoring education and impact assessment in the HTHT project for underprivileged children conducted by the Education Commission Asia.