Sort of like an aged Fa-Mulan gone pyscho, Ms. Li is obsessed with bringing "honor unto Lawndale High" and striking down discipline problems quickly, quietly, and ruthlessly. She's way more concerned about the school's image than the actual students, and is sometimes seen dictating investigation notes ala Mission Impossible into her hand-held recorder and doing other spy-like stuff around the school. She's also a feminist and a tyrant, and enjoys giving long, boring speeches, raising money for school projects, and intimidating teachers and students with her surprise classroom visits and various high-tech security devices. She obviously came up with Lawndale High's motto: "High Security for High Performance".

Ms. Li usually wears red lipstick, a grey pantsuit over a powder-blue blouse, black Mary Janes, and rectangular glasses with yellow-tinted lenses and has short black hair with a strange-looking patch of grey in her part.

Ms. Li's Trivia

- Ms. Li has a statue of Buddha in her office, the real purpose of which has been discussed in several fanfics

Ms. Li's Quotes

Jamie: "Are we all going to die?"
Ms. Li: "Not on school property!"
("Daria!")

Ms. Li: “How does one make sense of a tragedy so… tragic?” (sound of Kevin crying) “A young man - our hero - struck down in a freakish accident by the very goal post that was being put up in his honor. What lesson can we take from all of this? Other than not to leave heavy goal posts in sharp edged wooden crates leaning precariously against the bleachers?” (gives an evil look to the janitors) “The lesson it to spread joy, spread light! Make it your goal to make others feel good. And when you reach that goal, you keep running until you reach the goal post. You hit that goal post hard, and that's what this young man did, and that is the legacy he left to you, to me, to Lawndale High.”
Kevin: (breaks into a fit of sobbing)
Ms. Li: “Can someone get him out of here so we can sing ‘One Sweet Day’?”
(“The Misery Chick”)

Ms. Li: (enters) “Good morning, students. Where is your instructor?”
Brittany: “She went to the ladies' room.”
Ms. Li: (into tape recorder) “10:25: Defoe leaves post without clearance for personal business. Initiate investigation.” (to class) “Anyway, I just dropped in to caution you that the school dance is in two weeks, and security is going to be especially tight. So, if anyone is thinking of rigging a bucket of pig's blood to the rafters, well, they can just forget it.”
(“Daria Dance Party”)

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Ms. Li's main picture was taken from Outpost Daria.