Name/Title
Belmont Village - Jade Lee - Budda's Retreat - 2019Description
Jade Lee
“Buddha’s Retreat”
Belmont Village Albany
Jade Lee was born in the countryside in Korea, where she lived with her grandmother. Raised as a Buddhist at a time when Confucianism was the national religion, her grandmother brought her to a Buddhist temple with natural springs when she was six years old. They both found solace there.
Education was not a priority in her family, but she was headstrong and wanted a career. She studied home economics in college and then became a pharmacist. She married at 23, and her father-in-law insisted that she stop working. She and her husband, accompanied by their two children, immigrated to America to escape the Vietnam War and to ensure that she could continue to work.
She worked as a translator while studying at UC Berkeley to become a microbiologist specializing in immunology. After graduation she worked for 35 years with the California Public Health Department, a job that she loved. When she retired at 63, she and her husband traveled all over the world. Her favorite destinations were Canada and Patagonia/Antarctica.
She enjoys needlepoint, embroidery, and watching travel programs and discovered art and acrylics at Belmont Village. She sees the United States as a land of opportunity and freedom.
ART WITH ELDERS
2019 27th Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
