Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Lisa started playing local venues as a teenager in and around Atlanta as a guitarist for hire.  At the same time, she began teaching guitar privately and playing locally on recording sessions.  In this still-early stage of her career, she was soon teaching at local music stores.  After attending a local college and studying classical guitar, she began teaching at the Atlanta Institute of Music.

In 1992 she moved to Hollywood, CA. to attend the Guitar Institute of Technology (a.k.a. Muscian's Institute).  Graduating in 1993 as "Outstanding Student of the Year", she was invited to become part of the faculty at GIT, which she excelled at for the next three and a half years.

The next step in Lisa's career was to move to Nashville, TN.  There, she performed as lead guitarist in touring bands, including one that included future Grammy winner Gretchen Wilson as the lead singer.  She played an exhaustive tour schedule of 150-300 dates a years, while perfecting her technique.  Soon, Lisa was opening for artists such as George Jones, Patty Loveless, Montgomery Gentry, Chuck Mangione, LeAnn Womack and many others.

In 2003, she recorded an instrumental CD "just for fun" which included one original co-written with bass player Jerry Peek (Steve Morse Band), along with two covers of two of her many favorite guitarists.  To further hone her musical skills, she then concentrated on songwriting, the results of which will be included as both vocal and instrumental pieces on her next project, which is eagerly awaited by her fans.

Today Lisa resides in Nashville, TN.  Currently an educator, author, singer/songwriter/guitarist, she plans to release her original CD in 2007, as well as a music theory workbook, written for vocalists and musicians who are interested in learning music theory without the requirement of reading music.