Since moving to Northern Ireland from South Africa in 2000 Lisa has worked as a Family Support Worker with SureStart and Lead Peer Trainer at the Southern Health and Social Care Trust Recovery College. In March 2021 she started her own Training and Consultancy business with the aim of bringing both her  lived experience in mental health services and learned knowledge, to educate and create spaces where sensitive and challenging issues can be explored safely. Connection and compassion are at the heart of her work and she advocates for more trauma and social justice aware ways of understanding each-other.