Chen, Lisa is a Chinese American writer and youth counselor based in the Pacific Northwest. Raised in the San Gabriel Valley, she earned a B.A. in sociology from UC Santa Cruz and an M.Ed. in school counseling from Portland State University, where she focused on community care programs for teens. After several years working in public schools and coordinating mutual-aid projects, she began publishing short fiction in regional journals. Her young adult work often blends small-town life, intergenerational memory, and the quiet magic of everyday kindness. She lives in Tacoma, Washington, where she mentors student journalists and co-runs a neighborhood zine library with her partner and their rescue dog, Mango.
