Lisa Carrington Firmin is a Latina, combat vet, writer, and poet. She is the Founder/CEO of Carrington Firmin LLC providing writing and consulting services in Leadership, Veterans, Transitions, Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and Diversity and Inclusion. Her poetry is an intimate reflection into the invisible wounds of MST, PTSD, trauma, hardship, and combat. Featured on various media to include documentary regarding her poetry, leadership, advocacy for underrepresented populations in addition to her book, Stories from the Front: Pain, Betrayal, and Resilience on the MST Battlefield. She is an affiliated artist and author with Uniting US, WoundedNotWorthless.com and Blue Ear Books.

As the founder of the Veteran and Military Affairs department at The University of Texas at San Antonio, she consolidated all veteran support services on campus, started priority registration and a tailored veteran orientation program, instituted scholarships for military affiliated students and created case studies and a Veteran Culture Competence training module. Previously as Associate Provost for Faculty/Student Diversity & Recruitment, she founded the UTSA Top Scholar and the Presidential Distinguished Diversity awards programs and led the addition of Gender Identity/Gender Expression to the university’s nondiscrimination policy.

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