Liza Long

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Advocate for Children’s Mental Health

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Liza Long Biography

Liza Long is an author, educator, and mother of four children, one of whom has bipolar disorder. Her book, “The Price of Silence: A Mom's Perspective on Mental Illness” (Hudson Street Press, 2014), was a "Books for a Better Life" award winner.

Long's essays have appeared in USA Today, the Huffington Post, Psychology Today, Time.com, The Mighty, MindBodyGreen, Good Men Project, and Boise State University's The Blue Review, among others. Since her essay “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother” went viral, she has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Erin Burnett Out Front, Anderson Cooper 360, Don Lemon, Dr. Oz, the Diane Rehm Show, NPR's Weekend Edition, and other programs.

She presented talks on children’s mental health and stigma at TEDx San Antonio in October 2013 and at the National Council for Behavioral Health in March 2016. She was featured in the Peabody award-winning HBO documentary A Dangerous Son in May 2018 and participated in the 2019 Columbine documentary, An American Tragedy.

Long holds a B.A. in Classics from Brigham Young University (1994); an M.A. in Classics from the University of California, Los Angeles (1997), and an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Argosy University (2016). Her dissertation research focused on mental health advocacy and leadership strengths. She is an assistant professor of English at the College of Western Idaho and lives in Boise, Idaho.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 11/12/2024.

Liza Long Videos

  • Liza Long - I Am Adam Lanza's Mother, But My Son Got Treatment ...
    Mental illness is an invisible scar on the lives of many families and individuals who suffer in shame and silence. After the Newtown tragedy in ...
  • a parent's perspective on children's mental illness: Liza Long at ...
    On December 14, 2012, the day Adam Lanza killed his mother, then walked into a school in Newtown, Connecticut and shot 20 first graders ...

Liza Long Books

  • The Price of Silence: A Mom's Perspective on Mental Illness
    The Price of Silence: A Mom's Perspective on Mental Illness

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