Dr. Lee has been profiled on national television including CBS 60 Minutes and her life was portrayed in a 1985 CBS Movie of the Week entitled "Children of the Night."

In 1989, she was lauded by rock musician/songwriter Richard Marx in his song entitled "Children of the Night" which appeared on his 1989 "Repeat Offender" album and proceeds were donated to help build Children of the Night's world-class 24 bed shelter home and school.

Dr. Lois Lee is the world's leading expert in rescuing child sex trafficking victims. Dr. Lee holds a PhD in Sociology and Anthropology, a Juris Doctor in Law, and is an active member of the California State Bar.

As a PhD student in sociology in 1979, Lee discovered children, some as young as 11 years old, prostituting on the streets of Hollywood for food to eat and a place to sleep. When she realized that these youngsters were "falling through the cracks" of the social service system she made it her mission to help, opening her home to more than 250 children over the next three years; thus was the founding of Children of the Night, where she continues to serve as President. Dr. Lois Lee's pioneering work with child sex trafficking victims has blazed the trail for academics, researchers, law enforcement, social service providers and legislators across the globe.

As a result of her efforts, police now treat America's child prostitutes as victims instead of criminals, and juvenile courts divert them to shelters, foster homes and treatment programs rather than detention. Congress and State legislators have developed tough laws against pimping and pandering and the customers who pay children for sex. Additionally, sex trafficking task forces have been created across the country. Dr. Lee has been honored at Carnegie Hall Stern/Perelman Auditorium by Music for Life (2011), she was a presenter at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art for David Lynch's Second Annual Gala Benefit "Change Begins Within" (2011), received the Children's Friend Award from Childhelp (2010), received the Women's Achievement Award from the Dashew International Center for Students and Scholars at UCLA (2002), the "Award of Appreciation" from The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (1995) and the Father Baker award for Service to Youth, National Award (1990) and countless others..

Decades of films, news, talk shows, print media and photos of Dr. Lois Lee's work that ranges over four decades, continue to be archived for exhibits and permanent placement in museums and other sites.

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