Lisa was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 27.  While very involved as a choreographer and hip hop dance instructor, her diagnosis motivated her to combine her visual art talent with her dance skills to create an “urban-warrior” jewelry line.  She is now studying jewelry design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.  Although told by her doctor she would never dance again, she performed a dance she choreographed about her cancer journey just two weeks after completing her treatments.  She encourages those newly diagnosed to “find a project or hobby you enjoy and become obsessed with it, keeping your mind busy and diverting your thoughts from the pain.”