Lisa Menna is a popular magician and activist who has pioneered in a male-dominated profession on account of her skills and talents. She was called as the Most Influential Female Magician of the 20th Century by BBC world service. She received success in 1990s for performing as a trade show magician known as ‘The Darling of Dot Com’. She was the first women to lecture and perform at FISM and was the only women to have been invited to perform in every theater of Hollywood’s Magic Castle.
Menna founded an NGO named Cause to Wonder in the year 2011 and aims to bring about social change. She has conducted some of the notable programs in countries like Antigua, Ethiopia, US Virgin Island, Sicily and India. Her NGO also coordinates with the curiosity based events from all around the world.
Lisa performed in 2019 for the 100th anniversary of the United Nations ILO on international women’s day in Geneva.
In this week’s episode, Lisa talks about her magical life that has taken her around the glove performing magic and developing the non-profit “Cause to Wonder” organization. She gives some great advice, encouragement and inspiration to female magicians in this episode, too. Lisa transitioned her success as a trade show magician into helping those in third world countries to have cleaner water supplies and treat women humanely within their communities.
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