Lee brings to the program an educational background in Addictions Recovery and Healing, completing his formal education at Northwest Training and Development Chemical Dependency Counselor Training Program, Wakinyan Career College, Eagles Nest Training Society, SASSI Institute. Lee provides numerous workshops and professional training programs that are designed to address the myriad of addictions and addictions related issues the youth and adults of First Nations communities are experiencing today. Lee is an addictions recovery specialist and designer and facilitator of specialty workshops, healing and recovery programs, community advancement programs and professional development programs for youth and adults, he has been facilitating youth workshops, youth worker counselor trainings, community healing and community empowerment programs and professional development trainings since 1995 throughout the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Lee’s wit, humor, and caring approach when facilitating and his vast knowledge of alcohol, drugs, Native North American history, residential schools, youth gangs, youth violence and, the Canadian and United States prison system earns him an almost immediate respect among the thousands of people that have attended his programs. People are empowered to remove alcohol and drugs from their lives and to relearn to believe in themselves in order to prepare for a healthier future for themselves, their families and their communities. Lee’s youth workshops are regarded by many leaders and health professionals as some of the most significant programs ever offered to the younger generation, Lee also provides healing programs to help people recover from the multiple traumas they have experienced in their lives and he has helped hundreds of people experience long term recovery from their addictions by providing them with the opportunity to walk through their traumas in a safe and supportive atmosphere.