Mai Xi Lee

Mai Xi Lee is the Social Emotional Learning Director at Sacramento County Office of Education. She is a veteran educator who has served the Sacramento region for 25 years as a bilingual paraprofessional, teacher, counselor, school administrator and district administrator. Along with her work leading districtwide SEL in Sacramento City Unified School District, Ms. Lee was a contributing leader for the groundbreaking Collaborating Districts Initiative with the Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and California’s Transformative SEL Skills & Conditions Workgroup. Ms. Lee believes that transforming school systems requires the active and intentional through-line of Transformative SEL from the boardroom to the classroom. Ms. Lee holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pepperdine University, Master of Arts in School Counseling, Pupil Personnel Services Credential and Administrative Services Credential from California State University, Sacramento. She is currently pursuing her doctorate degree in the Leaders for Equity and Democracy program at the University of California, Berkeley.