Lisa Modifica is a teacher, writer, and editor who has written for online and text publications. She is also a technical communication lecturer at Stanford University, where she works individually with students to improve their writing. Modifica has a 14-year-old stepson and 2-year-old daughter and lives in San Francisco, a beautiful city that has won her over after years of resistance because of New York elitism. She tries to learn something new everyday, a lesson she learned from her grandmother.