Born in Brampton, Ontario, Lisa Jean Russ taught primary and secondary school in Canada and the UK before moving to Australia. Inspired by her family’s military history, she has spent the past seven years volunteering with the Australian Army Military Intelligence Museum, Queensland, and Army Museum Duntroon, Canberra. Russ holds BAs from Carleton University (Art History and English, hons, and Psychology, hons) and a BEd from Nipissing University. She is currently in her final year of a Bachelor of Heritage, Museums, and Conservation at the University of Canberra, with the intent of earning a PhD.