Lisa Jakub is a writer, speaker and retired actor. She grew up in Hollywood, as a child actor who appeared in more than forty movies and television shows during her eighteen year career. She worked on such blockbusters as Mrs. Doubtfire and Independence Day, as well as critically-acclaimed films such as Rambling Rose, A Walk on the Moon and Matinee.Not wanting to become a child actor stereotype, Lisa retired from the film industry at the age of twenty-two, in search of a new path. She ran away from Los Angeles, attended the University of Virginia and graduated with a degree in sociology. She has embraced her lifelong passion for the written word and is now an author. Her memoir, You Look Like That Girl, will be published in June by Beaufort Books.Lisa's writing has been featured in Newsweek, Today.com, NY Daily News, LA Times, DailyMail, Parade, Yahoo, AOL, Elephant Journal, Thought Catalog, Yoga Magazine, US Magazine and she is a contributing writer to HelloGiggles. She has appeared on HuffPost Live, MSNBC, CTV and CNN. Lisa also does speaking events at high schools, colleges and conferences where she runs workshops about the challenges and rewards of living an authentic life.Lisa lives in Virginia with her husband Jeremy, and their rescue dog, Grace.Read more from Lisa at LisaJakub.net and YouLookLikeThatGirl.com