Lisa graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and earned her Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Texas at Arlington. She began her nursing career working in hospital intensive care and has worked in a wide variety of nursing roles. Lisa is certified with the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an acute care nurse practitioner (ACNP-BC). She is a member of the American Nurses Association and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.