Elizabeth Lee

Elizabeth Lee has helped patients navigate fertility treatment as a nurse and gone through the experience herself.¹ She and her husband, Sean, became parents through adoption and IVF, a family history she discusses publicly alongside the professional work that brought her into reproductive health advocacy.¹

Lee grew up in Ohio and has described the financial strain and long search for a diagnosis that accompanied her own chronic illness.¹ She became a registered nurse, specialized in reproductive health and infertility, and obtained credentials in patient advocacy, combining clinical work with helping people understand their treatment and financial options.¹

Her career has included fertility clinic operations, staff training and lobbying for federal protections for IVF.¹ In 2024, she founded the Empowered Choice Coalition for patient education and informed medical decisions, and she has served in reproductive rights organizing and professional reproductive medicine organizations.¹

Lee is the Democratic candidate against former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb in the Fifth District, bringing a health care focused campaign to a seat that has generally favored Republicans.² She says Congress needs a patient advocate, emphasizing access to fertility care, medical decision making and the cost and complexity of obtaining treatment.¹²