Tonya Lewis Lee is a quintessential woman who simultaneously balances a diverse writing and speaking career along with motherhood. She’s a national best-selling author, award-winning TV producer and the face of a national infant mortality campaign, “A Healthy Baby Begins with You,” sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). And, she is currently at work on two new books.

Lee is an avid and insightful speaker who shares her expertise on topics pertaining to health and esteem particularly focused on women of color. Her work on “A Healthy Baby Begins with You” campaign has led to several speaking opportunities around the country.

A lifelong activist, Lee is known for taking on challenging projects that will benefit and uplift at-risk communities. She stepped up her role as the lead campaign spokesperson to produce a documentary entitled, Crisis in the Cribs: Saving Our Nation’s Babies, for HHS. The video documents the issue of infant mortality crisis in America as well as grassroots efforts of the campaign.

Lee has garnered national attention for her work, including articles for national magazines, the bestselling novel, “Gotham Diaries,” and the 2004 Noggin/The N documentary “I Sit Where I Want: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education,” for which she received both Beacon and Parents’ Choice awards. Outspoken on women issues and politics, Lee wrote two insightful articles on Michelle Obama for Glamour Magazine during the 2008 presidential election.

In 2009, Essence Magazine invited the smart and stylish Lee to be apart of a provocative discussion with A-List celebrities to discuss comedian Chris Rock’s documentary, Good Hair. “The Root of the Issue” article received national attention among major news outlets including CNN.

Lee has received national pro-bono exposure in media outlets throughout the country including O, The Oprah Magazine, Good Morning America, New York Magazine, Tom Joyner Morning Show as well as radio exposure through a series of Public Service Announcements on infant mortality heard on radio stations and seen in print nationwide. Together, Lee and the “A Healthy Baby Begins with You” campaign have received millions of pro-bono media impressions.

As a lawyer turned author and producer, Lee has successfully blended her family with professional life. She and husband filmmaker Spike Lee co-authored two children’s books “Please Baby Please” and “Please Puppy Please,” which are highly sought after in children’s literature.

Lee lives in New York with her husband and is the mother of two children.