Lisa Diane Wallace was born August 13, 1963 in Springfield, OH and lived there until age 9, when she and her family moved to Reston, Virginia. She attended the Fairfax County public schools and later studied art at the Corcoran Institute School of Art. Lisa worked for SAIC for a number of years. She later devoted her time to art – painting, drawing, and photography. She loved teaching art to her twin grandnieces Kylie and London. She is also survived by her sister Julia Wallace and her husband Matthew Wood of San Francisco, CA, niece Marilyn Montgomery and her husband Luke Montgomey of Salisbury, MD, and parents Lance and Lee Wallace of Santa Rosa, CA.