Originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Sharon K.Y. Lee did her Bachelor of Science Honours in Geology at the University of Ottawa, She then completed a joint graduate program with the Centre of Geographic Sciences and Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, where she obtained an advanced diploma in Remote Sensing and a Master of Science in Earth Sciences, respectively. 

Sharon has gained valuable work experience over the years in database management and applying geomatics to various fields of geology in academia, government and the mining industry in Ontario, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Manitoba. In late 2019, she returned to her hometown to work as a geoscientist in the Infrastructure, Water Services Department at the City of Ottawa, where she is the program lead of the Geoscience Information Platform program.