Lee Aylward is a transplant from the hills of Mississippi to the Delta.  Education and learning were instilled in her early, and she tried almost all of the universities in Mississippi and the University of Alabama in order to further that education.  Reading has always been paramount to her. It is this love of reading that prompted her to get both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Library Science, and she went on to get certification in Reading.  Since graduating from college, she has been a mother, administrator of a U.S. Army education center, a public librarian, a school librarian, reading teacher, real estate agent, and finally an associate in the Delta Center for Culture and Learning where she coordinates community outreach and education.