ADRIANNE LEE serves as the Program Associate for Lift Our Voices. She is a scientist by training with a passion for research, community engagement and social justice. During her undergrad years she gained experience conducting biochemical research, coordinating outreach and professional development events, as well as lobbied on Capitol Hill to raise support for and educate on the importance of basic science research. As a graduate student she was involved in the university’s graduate student council and served as diversity and inclusion officer for her graduate program’s student association. She earned a masters in biomedical science from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a bachelors in chemistry from James Madison University.