About Lisa

I was born in Kentucky at a time when my parents' marriage was illegal.

My mother is white. My father is Black. And in the state where I was born, that love was against the law.

When I was about to graduate high school, a guidance counselor told me I shouldn't go to college. Her reason? I'm half Black, and according to her, Black people don't do well in college.

I went anyway.

I didn't just get one degree—I earned five, including my PhD. I co-founded the first nurse practitioner-owned practice in Louisville. I became the first PhD-prepared nurse to be hired as an attending at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center—a role that had only ever gone to physicians.

Every time someone told me to stay in my lane, I built a new one.

Today, I'm a behavioral scientist, speaker, and leadership voice. I serve as Director of the Cancer Prevention Precision Control Institute at Hackensack Meridian Health. I've published research in high-impact multi-disciplinary journals. I lead community engagement programs reaching thousands of people.

But the work I'm most passionate about lives here—in Soul to Soul Leadership.

I created this space because I know what it's like to feel successful on paper but disconnected from yourself. To lead from your role instead of your soul. To perform instead of being present.

I guide overwhelmed leaders home to the quiet power they abandoned on the way to success.

I write about returning to yourself. About finding gold in your cracks. About leading with authenticity, presence, and purpose.

You don't need reinvention. You need a return.

If that resonates, I'd love to have you join me.