Liz Lizama is a humanitarian with more than a decade of experience working for the United Nations among other organizations. She was posted on assignments with the International Organization for Migration in the United States, Libya and Bangladesh. She also served at United Nations Headquarters in New York and the World Health Organization in Washington, D.C.

Liz holds a bachelor's degree in communication from the University of Maryland, College Park and a master's degree in journalism and digital storytelling from American University. She lives in Maryland with her teenage son.