Yelee is a researcher working on the Ready to Learn and Sesame Learning projects. Before joining CCT, she worked as a research assistant at Northwestern University, exploring the learning and motivational advantages of Policy World, a cognitive tutor embedded in a game-like environment.

Yelee also has worked as a teacher, academy administrator, and curriculum designer for an English immersion education company in Seoul, Korea. She received her Master’s in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University and her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Villanova University.