Lisa has over 25 years of experience as an educator having served in a wide array of positions.  Her journey began as a classroom teacher in Westport, Connecticut. She then became a literacy specialist supporting readers in need of Tier II intervention.  Now she is a humanities coach for third through fifth grade teachers in CT, and travels nationally as an independent literacy consultant to support K-8th grade teachers and their administrators.

In a seven year mentorship with Jennifer Serravallo, she helped transform a school into one with a consistent vision, instruction, and curriculum. She works with her colleagues to update literacy curriculum, and supports them with both state and district mandates by providing goal oriented, individualized coaching in reading, writing and social studies.  

She holds a BA and MA from Smith College where she was granted an Ada Comstock Scholarship for her undergraduate work and then a full fellowship to continue her graduate studies. She also holds a Remedial Reading & Remedial Language Arts certification from Sacred Heart University.