Liza is the daughter of close friends. I have known the family for 15 years or more and have used Liza as model first as a teenager, then as a college student, and now as a young scientist.

Liza is an intelligent, strong-minded young woman who believes, with optimism and without hate, that the world can be a better place and that she has a part in helping make it so. A rarity in our times, she likes to debate thoughts, opinions, occurrences seeking to learn and inform, without rancor or disdain.

Lisa’s physical beauty is evident. It is my hope that, in this portrait, her inner beauty and inner strength are visible as well.