Born in Daegu, Korea Lisa was adopted and came to the United States in the 1970’s to her new family an Army Chaplin and his wife and two boys. All in total Lisa moved 7 times as an Army Brat before she attended the University of South Florida as a dance major. Her dreams of a prima ballerina did not happen but she did graduate in 2004 from USF with a B.A. in History, her clients really enjoy her depth of knowledge of the Tampa Bay area and its history. Her career in Real Estate happened by accident when she was hunting for a home as a newlywed. Her previous experience as a paralegal and web developer gave her the skills necessary to jump right in and easily fit within the real estate world. Then in 2008, she started working in commercial real estate in Community Redevelopment and Affordable Housing as the project manager for Westshore Community Development for Westshore Alliance. Today, she currently specializes in Commercial Leasing in office and retail, Investment Sales, Community Redevelopment, and Affordable Housing, but she also enjoys selling the occasional home for her friends.
Lisa’s passion for Community Development can be seen in her volunteering and how she is very involved in the Tampa Bay Community. She has been a member of the Krewe of St. Brigit since 2009, currently sits on the Board, was a Board Member from 2014 to 2019, and President in 2017/2018. In 2011 she became a member of the Tampa Junior League helping women and children in the Bay Area and is currently a Sustaining Member. She is a member of the Downtown Tampa Rotary and has been active since she started in 2012, she is on the Board for her 2nd time and was previously Secretary. In 2021 she became a member of the WUSF Advisory Board, FREE Network Board Member, a Human Trafficking Non-profit, and is a committee member for the new Art Space Tampa project that is building Affordable Housing for Artists in Ybor City.
Lisa is also active in the Real Estate community currently the President of the local chapter of the Asian Real Estate Association of America and sits on the Steering Committee for an Institute of Government course Community Real Estate Development and teaches the students about off-market real estate searches for Affordable Housing Projects. She has also sat on committees for both Greater Tampa Realtors and Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors.
She lives in South Tampa with her husband and three sons and enjoys dancing, running, listening to KPop and EDM, and making Kimchi!
