Lisa Ellen Niver is a science teacher and an award-winning travel expert who has explored 101 countries and six continents. She worked on cruise ships for seven years and backpacked for three years in Asia. Find her talking travel at KTLA TV and in her We Said Go Travel videos, which have more than 1,300,000 views. She is the founder of We Said Go Travel which is read in 235 countries and was named #3 on the top 1,000 Travel Blogs. She is a top 10 travel influencer for 2021 by Afluencer and the Social Media Manager for the Los Angeles Press Club. She has hosted Facebook Live for USA Today 10best and has over 150,000 followers across social media.

Niver has written for AARP, American Airways, Delta Sky, En Route (Air Canada), Hemispheres (United Airlines), Jewish Journal, Luxury Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Myanmar Times, National Geographic, POPSUGAR, Robb Report, Saturday Evening Post, Scuba Diver Life, Sierra Club, Ski Utah, Smithsonian, Teen Vogue, TODAY, Trivago, Undomesticated, USA Today 10best, Wharton Magazine and Yahoo. The Los Angeles Press club has awarded her three Southern California Journalism Awards and National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards.

She is writing a book, “Brave(ish): It's All About Perspective 50 Adventures Before 50,” about her most recent travels and insights. When she's not SCUBA diving or in her art studio making ceramics, she's helping people find their next dream trip.