Mini Bio

Greetings, Sir/Ma'am- Thank you so much for being a generous supporter of my Alaska Senate 2020 campaign, Sir/Ma'am. All I ask for you is one lucky penny or an enchanted dollar //:-) The following is for your entertainment, an article I sent to People's Paper. Thank you for everything, Sir/Ma'am, --Lee in the Valley +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen, my name is Huhnkie Lee. Yesterday 9/18/19, I filed a declaration of candidacy for Alaska Senate election in November 2020. My “Senate District D” includes Meadow Lakes, Point MacKenzie, Big Lakes, Knik-Fairview, Wasilla, and neighboring areas. Of course, I will have to win the Primary election first within the registered Republican voters in the next summer. But I would love to introduce myself to you, my dear neighbors and voters. I was born in Ithaca, New York, when my dad came to America with my mom to study. After he got his PhD in economics in Cornell University, we all moved back to Seoul, South Korea, where I lived till high school graduation. Then I came back to America like Alaskan salmon who remembers the scent of his native land. I majored in computer science in University of Wisconsin-Madison, then went to study for PhD in computational biology in Cornell University. I dropped out after two years in order to become an actor in Los Angeles, California. I worked full-time as a computer programmer in LA for 3 years and made a movie all by myself, including acting/directing/writing/filming/editing/music. It is called “A Therapy for Metrophobia” and 5 film festivals accepted my movie for public view. Then I joined the U.S. Army as a junior enlisted soldier, working for 4 years as a helicopter electrician, and I was deployed in Afghanistan for a year. After I was honorably discharged, I went to University of Michigan Law School with GI-Bill and graduated in two years, then I came to Alaska. I worked as a computer programmer for three years for the State of Alaska. Then last year, 2018, I passed Alaska Bar Exam and got a lawyer job here in Wasilla. So that’s my story. I came to Alaska because I was fascinated by its unique adventure and nature that I saw on TV, like “Alaska the Last Frontier”, “Yukon Men”, or documentary on Mr. Heimo Korth. I wanted to be part of that wonderful American state and I’ve been loving this state ever since. I first lived in Anchorage from 2015-2016. Then I moved to Wasilla when I bought a house for the first time, as I wanted space and quietness and quasi-rural environment.