Elsa Lee was born and raised in San Antonio Texas where she was recruited by the U.S. Army in her senior year at Memorial High School. She served as a U.S. Army Counterintelligence Officer and Special Agent for 20 years in the fight against terrorism and espionage in the United States, Europe, Central America, and Asia. She is a lecturer, speaker, founder, and CEO at Advantage SCI, a professional services firm with offices in Washington, D.C., Texas, and California. The company provides corporate, homeland, and national security services to government and private industry. Lee serves on Advisory Boards at UCLA Extension and works with key member representatives of the critical national infrastructures, the academic community, and the U.S. Government. She has been quoted extensively in national and international media and has appeared on Univision, Telemundo, CNN, Fox News, CBS News, Voice of America, and Canada Business Channel.