Lisa DeLong studied painting and received an MA in Art History at Brigham Young University. She studied in London with Professor Keith Critchlow and Paul Marchant, two of the world’s foremost geometers. She completed her doctoral studies at The Prince's School of Traditional Arts in 2007, where she now works as Outreach Programme Manager, designing and conducting educational workshops in places like Azerbaijan, Abu Dhabi, Pakistan, Malaysia, China, and Pakistan. Her book, Curves: Flowers, Foliates and Flourishes in the Formal Decorative Arts, was published in 2013. She presented a TEDx talk on geometry and education at Brigham Young University in 2016.