Lisa Martin is a clinical associate professor with the University of Minnesota and a member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin. She is also a diversity consultant for the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. She is the immediate past-president of the National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association. Previously, Lisa has served as a research assistant with the Center for Adolescent Nursing at the University of Minnesota, and as a science administrator with the American Indian/Alaska Native MS-to-PhD Nursing Science Bridge project. She received her PhD in nursing from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and her master’s and bachelor’s degrees in nursing from Augsburg University in Minneapolis.