Lisa Misraje (Bentley)
Lisa Misraje (Bentley) is an accomplished author, speaker, and a director of development. Lisa’s journey is a testimony to embracing the road less traveled. At the age of 54, she graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master of Public Administration (MPA) and a bachelor’s degree in NGO and Social Change. She completed both of these degrees as a single mother of six children.
Misraje’s book Saving Levi chronicles the remarkable true story about one woman’s odyssey to help a young orphaned Chinese infant against overwhelming odds.
Born and raised in sunny California, Lisa continues to reside there with her two Old English Sheepdogs. She is the mother to six children: Emily, Ian, Orly, Oliver, Donald, and Levi. She also has three grandchildren: Amir, Somayah and “lil-Radish”(due in October).
Documentaries created by
Lisa’s Road to Graduation, Part 1
Lisa’s Road to Graduation, Part 2
Lisa Graduates USC Mother’s Day Weekend
Lisa’s interview after graduating from USC made the front page of all 11 newspapers in the Southern California News Group on the Mother’s Day edition (May 10, 2019). These included the Los Angeles Daily News, Orange County Register, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside), Daily Bulletin (Inland Empire), The Sun (San Bernardino), and more. The Southern California News Group ranks as the third-largest in the U.S., following The New York Times (#1) and The Los Angeles Times (#2).
