Lisa Sanchez is a content designer and executive coach. She has a decade of experience designing conversations and experiences that help people thrive.
Lisa is the founder of Cocoon, a coaching practice that empowers underrepresented leaders to carve bold, beautiful paths toward the meaningful lives, fulfilling work, and better world they imagine.
She has served on design leadership teams at Dropbox, NIO, and All Turtles. She started the first UX writing team at Dropbox and established its brand and product voice.
She began her technology career at Readmill, a Berlin-based, design-centered startup that was acquired by Dropbox.
She studied at Harvard College, Harvard Divinity School, and the Co-Active Training Institute. She lived in Boston, Atlanta, Berlin, and San Francisco before finding home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Featured articles
What is UX writing?
This article has been viewed 67,000 times and is referenced in courses and training programs about UX. I was invited to give a talk based on this piece at the Art Directors Club of Germany in Stuttgart.
A compassionate guide to public speaking
For introverts, sensitive souls, and anyone who's just (quite reasonably) nervous about being stared at by a group of people while you talk.
Designing your relationship with your manager
A simple guide with prompts to set expectations and create the foundation of a healthy working relationship.
Intuition is like Google Search. Here’s how to access it.
It’s a common misconception that intuition is at odds with data. Intuition is itself a powerful source of data that everyone has access to, and it often plays nicely with research and other sources of information.