Lei Gao is a Master's graduate in Product Design from Loughborough University, UK, a member of the Royal Photographic Society, a member of the Photographic Society of New Zealand, and the founder of the WeChat Official Account "NZchildren" She is currently settled in New Zealand with her family. Since 2017, she has been creating art photography that showcases the immigrant lives of Chinese families in New Zealand. Her works are published on her self-media platform, where she has nearly 100,000 followers across the internet. Her art photography has been exhibited and awarded multiple times at international exhibitions.
Lei Gao is the author of the art photography collection Land of the Long White Cloud, ISBN 978-1-965719-70-1.