As the President and Founder of DiversityComm, Inc., the proud publisher of Black EOE Journal, DIVERSEability Magazine, Diversity in STEAM Magazine, HISPANIC Network Magazine, Professional WOMAN’s Magazine, and U.S. Veterans Magazine, Mona Lisa Faris is not your everyday kind of woman. Unforgettable name, creative thinker, entrepreneur, sales and marketing expert, and mentor all aptly describe Mona Lisa. She has been nationally recognized with many accolades and awards, including Top Champion of Diversity by
DiversityBusiness.com, Remarkable Woman and Champion for Diversity by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), OC Metro’s Orange County California’s Women Making a Difference, and many more.

Originally from Houston, Texas, and a first-generation Arab American, Mona Lisa founded her company to help foster employment and business opportunities for small business owners and minorities. Mona Lisa’s innate understanding of diversity issues were gleaned from her years of travel—she has lived in many countries, including Spain, Iran, Venezuela, South Africa, and Puerto Rico. Her father, a U.S. Army veteran and pioneer in diversity recruitment with a Fortune 200 company, fostered in her the importance of equal opportunity. Living in so many diverse cultures and communities and witnessing her father’s strong work ethic and sincere appreciation for being a U.S. citizen, Mona Lisa’s passion for global diversity was fueled at a young age. Mona Lisa Faris currently resides in Laguna Niguel, California, with her husband and two young children.