liza : MyBlogHer Profile

Liza Sabater is a netactivist, blog publisher and new media consultant. She is the founder and lead writer of culturekitchen, [ www.culturekitchen.com ], one of the Top 100 progressive blogs [www.ndnpac.org] in the United States; and a Top 500 Feedster blog [www.top500.feedster.com]. The culturekitchen network of political blogs include : The Daily Gotham [ www.dailygotham.com ] BlogSheroes : The Progressive Women Bloggers Network [ www.blogsheroes.com ] BrownBloggers [ www.brownbloggers.com ]. Liza works as a new media advisor and consultant with artists, creatives and cultural institutions on how to use social networking technologies to develop their communications strategies. Her experience comes from 10 years of working as an art advisor and media strategist for her husband, Mark Napier [ www.potatoland.org ]; one of the pioneers of netart. She was born in New York City. She grew up in Puerto Rico; where she lived until the age of 20. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies & International Politics and an ABD in Spanish & Portuguese, both from New York University. For close to 10 years she worked as a Latin American Literature college instructor before joining the corporate world where she worked as a marketing communications consultant and technical writer. A lifelong wordsmith, her work as a writer, translator, and freelance journalist has appeared in academic journals, art reviews, newspapers and magazines. [ more at www.lizasabater.com ]