Leilei Chen is from the northwest province of China called Xinjiang. In 1998, she received her Associate Degree in Music Education after five years of intensive study in Chinese music and folk dance. Leilei Chen also performed many times as a dancer and a performer in plays on stage in China before she moved to the United States in 2010. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree of Business Administration in International Management in 2012 and Master's Degree of business administration in finance in 2014 from the University of New Mexico.

While earning a business degree, she taught yoga at the University of New Mexico and performed multiple times for the annual Chinese New Year festival since 2010. She teaches yoga at the New Mexico Chinese School of Arts and Language on Sundays.

Upon graduating from UNM's business program, she secured a job with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Albuquerque as a Financial Advisor. She loves performing, dancing, acting, and working with people of diverse backgrounds. She also loves gymnastics and martial arts.