She has an MFA from Vermont College in Writing and currently resides in Texas with her beloved four legged children. Lisha has a chapbook entitled, This Stone Will Speak, from Pudding House Press. Her book, Blood Rivers, from Blue Light Press of San Francisco was a finalist for the Andrés Montoya Prize at the University of Notre Dame. Lisha recently placed nationally in the Bodine-Brodinsky Prize from the Connecticut Poetry Society for her poem, A Woman’s Hands in a Time of War. She also has a Masters in International Business from Thunderbird for the left side of her brain.