Lisa has spearheaded many large community events in Santa Barbara over the past decades including Building Bridges - Bringing Our Communities Together Through Art in which she partnered with Santa Barbara Sister Cities to connect middle school students in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico with Juvenille Hall youth in Santa Barbara. Lisa also created and directed Artists Field Day at the Natural History Museum where over 100 artists gathered to show their work of dance, music, art and film. Also -SB First Anti- Bullying Youth Summit held inside the SB Courthouse. She holds an M.A. in Clinical Psychology and has worked in Juvenile Justice System as an Expressive Arts Therapist for Juvenile Hall & as a Social Worker for children in the dependency system. She is an Artist in Residence for the Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Parade.