Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Bayan mutuwar saurayinta sa'ad da take 'yar shekara 20, Lee ta kusaci ƙanwarta Amy. A kusan shekaru 30, ta shiga Jami'ar Columbia University School of Arts kuma ta sami digiri na Master of Fine Arts a fim. A can ta sadu da Phil Johnston, abokin aikinta na gaba a Wreck-It Ralph. Lee ta kammala karatu daga Columbia a shekara ta 2005 kuma ta zauna a Birnin New York, inda ta sami ci gaba a fim din fim din, tana aiki a matsayin mataimakin darektan kuma mai shirya fim din a shekara ta 2004, "Kalmomi Dubu".A watan Maris na 2011, Johnston ya kira Lee don ya tambaye ta ta shiga tare da shi a Disney Animation a Burbank don taimaka masa rubuta Wreck-It Ralph. Abin da ya kamata ya zama aikin rubutu na makonni takwas na wucin gadi a ƙarshe ya juya zuwa alƙawari mafi tsawo. Da farko, an ce ta zauna har sai Ralph ya gama. Daga nan ta shiga cikin Frozen, da farko a matsayin marubucin rubutu kuma daga baya a matsayin mataimakiyar darakta tare da Chris Buck. Lokacin da aka kawo Lee a cikin jirgin, ta taimaka wajen sauya fim daga aikin-kasada zuwa "ƙarin kiɗa, tare da ƙarin ban dariya". Ta yi aiki kafada da kafada da mawallafa (Robert Lopez da Kristen Anderson-Lopez) a rubuce-rubucen rubutun. Frozen ya ba ta damar yin bikin "wild da ban mamaki" 'yan mata kamar yarinta, da' yarta, Agatha. Har ila yau, fim ne mafi girma da aka samu tare da darektan mata dangane da kudaden shiga na gida, har sai da Warner Bros. Mace Mai Al'ajabi.A ranar 17 ga Mayu, 2014, Lee ta ba da jawabin farawa ga aji na 2014 a alma mater, Jami'ar New Hampshire. Ta bayyana cewa ta yi gwagwarmaya da shakku yayin da take girma, sannan kuma a watan Afrilu na shekarar farko ta kwaleji, an kashe saurayinta a cikin hatsarin jirgin ruwa, bayan haka ta ji "babu shakka, kawai baƙin ciki... kuma na ɗan gajeren lokaci... [san] mafi kyau fiye da ɓata shakku na biyu. " Shekaru daga baya, wannan tunawa zai taimaka mata ta shawo kan shakkunta na farko game da ko ta isa ta yi amfani da ita a Columbia. A Columbia, Johnston ya gane cewa tana da basira amma ba ta da tabbaci, kuma wata rana ta tambaye ta "yi alkawari... cewa za ku bar shi...  Tambaya: Wace digiri ta samu?
Jagora na Fine Arts a cikin fim