Employee Spotlight: Christal Lee
A transplant from Kansas, Christal Lee appreciates and understands the importance of strong roots. The Kansas native beams as she details the strong roots her dad had in Indiana, growing up in Madison County.
What really makes her face light up is when she starts to chat about her garden — a spring garden for a host of yummy summer veggies and a fall garden for a bountiful winter. But the gardening doesn’t stop there. Christal and I compare our herb gardens; hers is a wonderful three-bed garden chock-full of herbs to be used for cooking or storing to use later. “I even prefer to weed by hand,” Christal mentions. A task many gardeners dread, “weeding by hand is like solving a problem, digging it up by its root so it doesn’t return.” And problem solving so the problems don’t return goes beyond gardening for Christal. In fact, it’s her favorite part of her job as a supervisor in accounts receivable.
As the conversation transitions from gardening to Aspire, Christal talks about her love of problem solving, venturing down rabbit holes to find solutions along with training and mentoring new team members. “I love when you’re training someone, and you can see their ‘aha’ moment,” she says while discussing her joy for coaching.
Christal got her start in billing very early in her career and joined the Aspire team in June 2020. By 2022, she had quickly worked her way to a promotion. “I’ve witnessed Aspire grow and bloom so much since I started here.” And that growth continues to inspire Christal in her daily work. “I thought the May All-Aspire Event was so cool — being able to see so much of the growth in person.”
Christal Lee has long been passionate about watching her gardens, family and children grow; and that passion for growth is reflected in her role at Aspire. She has brought her magic gardener touch to her work, and that, in turn, encourages those around her to bloom even more.
