With an electrical engineer father, she fell in love with technology from childhood which led to her developing a software application that was used to run her parents' bookshop.

While at university, she set-up a business typing essays and assignments for students and that lit the first spark about how women could use technology to create economic opportunities.

She studied Applied Sciences at Harvard University Extension School[2][6] Lesi worked with the Education Development Centre, Inc. in the United States as a research assistant and then technology associate.

[7] In Nigeria, she worked with Lonadek Oil and Gas Consultancy where she managed a CSR Initiative-2020 focused on skills development of young people in the area of science and technology.

[5] W.TEC now runs several programmes in Lagos, Anambra and Kwara states, including the She Creates Camps and the W.TEC Academy (technology afterschool clubs)[5][10] and has impacted over 27,000 young women and teachers.

The Digital Girls Club featured an engaging curriculum, which was hosted on an online portal that teachers could access and use in their respective schools.