Nicknamed "Babsie" and "Beki", Lee was born on 25 November 1986, in
New South Wales. Lee grew up in
Mount Druitt in Sydney's western suburbs and attended Minchinbury Public School and Colyton Public School, before going to high school at Rooty Hill High School and
St Marys Senior High School. Lee started race walking when she was seven years-old and became more serious about the sport when she was ten years-old. Her personal best in an international competition was tenth place in the 20-kilometre race walk at the 2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge, hosted in Taicang, China, finishing with a time of "1:35.35". ==Tertiary education==