Lisa was born in raised in Gary, Indiana. Her deep raspy voice caught people off guard as a young child. Friends of her family suggested she ought to use it for theater and to own it. Lisa studied acting her senior year in Michigan at Ypsilanti High School. Before graduating Paine College, an HBCU of Augusta, GA, Lisa spent her field study as an intern at D.A.D.A (Debbie Allen Dance Academy). After graduating college, she moved to Los Angeles and studied acting at the Rossi-Snyder Theater Lab. She is a Full Sail graduate with a Master's in Film Production.