MAINSTREAM PRESS COVERS PORN STAR / GRAD STUDENT LORELEI LEE

The New York Daily News is running a feature on how one of the adult industry’s top stars is working her way towards a masters degree at New York University.

“When she’s not in class, porn star Lorelei Lee jets to the West Coast to film skin flicks with some of the biggest names in the industry,” says the Daily News,

“It’s a lifestyle Lee, 28, knows well.”

The story says that Lee has been working in porn and juggling life as a student for nearly 10 years.

“It’s not weird anymore,” said Lee, a first-year student pursuing a master’s in fine arts. “I’ve just been doing this for so long.”

A 2008 graduate of San Francisco State University, Lee decided to pursue a master’s in creative writing on the advice of former professors, she said.

When the porn queen got the acceptance call from the head of NYU’s program, she was elated. “She said they were excited about my writing,” said Lee, dressed in a pink tank top, black mini-skirt and knee-high boots. “I don’t know if she says that to everybody, but it felt pretty good.”

Lee has been in more than 200 films since entering the porn business at age 19, and she’s been nominated for three Adult Video News Awards.

She gets paid up to $1,400 per day, and estimates she has made between $30,000 and $60,000 a year.

Lee isn’t quite sure what she wants to do after she graduates, but she doesn’t expect to leave the porn industry. “I still do get something out of my work in porn,” Lee said. “I think I’m good at it.”