Lisette is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in Film and Television Production and received her MFA in Creative Writing at the New School University. Having lived in New York City for over twenty years, Lisette moved to Honolulu in 2011 and is currently a Professor of Indigenous/Native Creative Media at ACM: The School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She teaches courses in screenwriting, producing, critical studies, and indigenous filmmaking. In 2016, Lisette received the Board of Regents Excellence in Teaching Award, the highest university-wide award recognizing faculty who have made significant contributions in teaching and student learning, and in 2021, she received the OVCR Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research & Creative Work Award.