Lee Li Qun graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Chinese Studies, and thereafter obtained her Post-Graduate Diploma in Education at the National Institute of Education, Singapore. Prior to joining School of the Arts Singapore, she taught Higher Chinese, Chinese Literature and Appreciation of Chinese Culture for fifteen years at Anglican High School (AHS).
In AHS, since 1994, she was appointed as Higher Chinese, Chinese Literature and Appreciation of Chinese Culture Coordinator to develop lesson plans, teaching materials and assessment methods. In 2000, she was awarded the prestigious Inspiring Chinese Teacher Award. She was also in charge of the Chinese Drama Society (CDS) and China Immersion Programme. She also pioneered the AHS Heritage Centre Committee, which garnered her the Outstanding Contribution Award (Team Category-Heritage Centre Committee) in 2005. During 2008, in recognition of her contribution in sustaining the value-added for GCE ‘O’ level Higher Chinese results for three consecutive years, she was awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award (Team Category-Higher Chinese Sustained Achievement).
Having been actively involved in the Harmonica Orchestra and Chinese Orchestra since junior high school and varsity years, Li Qun has cultivated an ardour for the arts. Since taking charge of CDS, she has also cultivated a deep passion for drama. Besides watching performances regularly, she has also led CDS to achieve several accolades. Since 1999, she has organised six public performances and painstakingly motivated students to cultivate an appreciation of Chinese drama.
Li Qun is passionate about life, and is a volunteer at the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC). In 2000, she travelled to Tibet as a volunteer for the “Project of Hope”, a school-building project, and had learnt a lot from that trip. As a language teacher, Li Qun believes that cultivating interest is the key to teaching a language successfully. Her teaching passion stems from her belief that “to teach is to touch the future”.