Bio

Lisa Misraje Bentley grew up in Los Angeles, California with her five brothers. She divided her time between her mother’s small apartment, and Christian faith in West LA and her father’s lavish home, and Jewish traditions in the Hollywood Hills. From an early age she learned to feel comfortable in both modest and extravagant lifestyles. She went on to attend college at Abilene Christian University.

Lisa lived the quintessential upper middle class lifestyle until, in 2001, she decided to enrich her life by moving to China to help medically disabled children. For the last 8 years, Lisa has not only devoted her life to her own 6 children, 2 of whom she adopted from China, but also to the care of medically disabled orphans. Since arriving in China, she has worked with two orphanages which provides medical assistance and temporary housing for orphans while working with adoption agencies to find them permanent families.  She is about to launch two new projects; "OP" (Orphan Prevention) along with "Levi's friends" (helping fellow burn victims).

In 2007, Lisa's book "Saving Levi" was published. The story tells of the miraculous events that led to saving the life of her adopted son who was found abandoned in a desolate field with 3rd degree burns over 80% of his 6 week old body. Lisa credits her strong multi-faith for her ability to work tirelessly not only to save her own son but also the lives of hundreds of Chinese orphans. Her book is in the process of being translated into Chinese, Norwegian and German.

Her personal story has been featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times. She has also been featured on numerous TV and radio programs. 

She is currently at work on her second book and is involved with several programs to help medically fragile children in China. She lives in Beijing with her six children, 5 turtles, 2 bunnies, 2 birds, & 1 dog.