Sharon Lee-Nakayama is a fifth-generation Chinese-American, having been born and raised in San Francisco's Chinatown. She holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley in sociology and Spanish, and an MS in multicultural education with a focus on Chinese and Mexican cultures and language.
For twenty-four years, Lee-Nakayama was a middle school Spanish bilingual, primary language (Spanish) and ELD teacher, followed by ten years as a middle school administrator. She was also the curriculum director for Nakayoshi Gakko, the Japanese School in Mountain View, CA, and a docent at the American History Museum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Lee-Nakayama is currently a volunteer docent at the Chinese Historical Museum in San Francisco's Chinatown.
