An award-winning copywriter, Lisa has worked on staff and as a freelance copywriter for publications like Vogue, People, Life, Real Simple, Vanity Fair, Bon Appétit, GQ, House & Garden, Brides, the New York Times, Every Day with Rachael Ray, and Dr. Oz The Good Life. She spent three years as copy director of Allure magazine and is a two-time recipient of the Time Inc. President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement.

She joined K12USA in 2015, where she writes about and promotes the company’s products and services.

Lisa cultivated a love for rice and beans while living in Costa Rica and Baja, Mexico during a three-year volunteer stint as an English teacher—giving her a taste of what was to come when she decided to go vegan in 2009.

Following her “conversion,” she and longtime friend Amy Cramer co-authored The Vegan Cheat Sheet, published by Penguin Books in 2013. When Lisa reintegrated seafood into her diet, she and Amy decided to tell others about their seagan transformation in Seagan Eating—The Lure of a Healthy, Sustainable Seafood + Vegan Diet (Penguin Random House, 2016).

An avid bicyclist and runner, Lisa has completed twenty-five marathons, several century rides, and a handful of triathlons.

After growing up at the Jersey Shore and vowing “never to go back” once she graduated high school, Lisa attended Bucknell University and then moved to New York City and Latin America—before, yes, returning to her New Jersey roots.

She now happily resides near the water, where she endures a two-block commute to the office.