Born and bred New Yorker Lisa grew up in a home that celebrated mixed ethnicity, cultures and religions. She started out in theater then took time - just a couple of decades - to establish and nurture a theater education organization that helps kids create theater through improvisation, specializing in kids with disabilities and other disadvantages. Now she is happy doing theater, film, television and voice-overs as well as cabaret. Actor, Singer, certified American Sign Language Interpreter.