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Elizabeth (aka Lisa) Liang is a speaker and facilitator on autobiographical storytelling, intercultural upbringing, intersectionality, and the intersections of identity. She works with academic institutions, corporations, and nonprofit organizations to improve engagement, understanding, and connection — with a dual focus on validating individual life experiences and facilitating broader organizational connection. Lisa is an expert on:

• intercultural identities such as “mixed race,” “multi-ethnic,” and “Third Culture Kids” and their intersections of race, gender, language, culture, class, religion, and nationality
  
• the transformative power of creativity and personal narrative
  
• building an empathetic culture
  

She speaks and keynotes at international conferences, leads workshops around the world, and provides on-site presentations and workshops. Lisa is also an award-winning actor, published writer, podcast host, sensitivity editor, and producer of stage and screen. Her one-woman show, Alien Citizen, toured internationally and is now an award-winning film. Lisa grew up in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Morocco, Egypt, and Connecticut as a Guatemalan-American business brat of Chinese-Spanish-Irish-French-German-English descent. She graduated from Wesleyan University.

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Elizabeth (aka Lisa) Liang is a speaker and facilitator on autobiographical storytelling, intercultural upbringing, intersectionality, and the intersections of identity. She speaks and keynotes at international conferences, leads workshops around the world, and provides on-site presentations and workshops. Lisa is also an award-winning actor, published writer, podcast host, sensitivity editor, and producer of stage and screen. Her one-woman show, Alien Citizen, toured internationally and is now an award-winning film. Lisa grew up in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Morocco, Egypt, and Connecticut as a Guatemalan-American business brat of Chinese-Spanish-Irish-French- German-English descent. She graduated from Wesleyan University.

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Elizabeth Liang (aka Lisa) is an intersectional and intercultural storytelling expert. She leads writing workshops; creates one-woman shows; and acts in all media. She's also a speaker, published writer, theatre and film producer, sensitivity editor, and co-host of the longest running podcast on the multiracial experience. Lisa grew up in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Morocco, Egypt, and Connecticut. She graduated from Wesleyan University.

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Elizabeth Liang (aka Lisa) is an actress, speaker, writer, producer, and workshop leader. She delivers keynotes on intercultural and intersectional storytelling.