Certified as a Native American Herbal Medicine Practitioner by the American Herbalists Guild, currently the only peer-review organization in the United States for professional herbalists.
Medicine Woman of the Turtle Clan of the Tihanama Nation
Medicine speaker for the Tihanama and Western Cherokee Nations
Graduate of the Therapeutic Herbalism course in European herbal medicine presented by David L. Hoffmann, B.Sc. (Hons.), M.N.I.M.H. 1995
Holds an Associates Degree in Nursing from Montgomery College of Takoma Park, Maryland
Practiced clinical nursing for 30 years in Emergency, Critical Care, and Family Practice Medicine Guest lecturer at Tennessee Technical University and Western Kentucky University
Invited reviewer of herbal texts for Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Author of:"The Simple Book of Herbs" Published 1995, Revised edition 2014, ISBN: 978-0-9909884-1-0"Herbal Adventures with Native Americans" Published 2019, ISBN: 978-0-9909884-2-7
Apprenticed 5 years with an Eastern Cherokee Medicine ManApprenticed 1 year with a Shoshone Medicine WomanApprenticed 1 year with a Tihanama Medicine Man
Educational Director of the annual Folk Medicine Festival of Boiling Springs, TN 1992-1998
Featured on PBS on the show Volunteer Gardener:
Medicinal Herbs: Lisa's Greenhouse & Gardens | Volunteer Gardener