Lisa Morris-Julian

Lisa Morris-Julian (1975 or 1976 – 16 December 2024) was a Trinidadian politician for the People's National Movement. She served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for D'Abadie/O'Meara from the 2020 general election. She last held the position of a Minister in the Ministry of Education. She was the mayor of Arima between 2013 and 2020.

Early life Her mother is Ann Morris and she was the eldest of seven children: five girls and two boy. Her grandfather, Leroy Morris, was a former mayor of Arima and her grandmother and great-uncle were both councillors.

She became a teacher and taught English literature and language, communication, and theatre at Barataria South Secondary School and Arima Central Secondary School. Morris-Julian became an amateur playwright as a teacher, winning several awards at the Secondary Schools' Drama Festival and appearing on the Cropper Foundation's list of emerging Caribbean writers. On 9 November 2020, she was named to the joint select committees of public administration and appropriations, government assurances, human rights, equality and diversity, land and physical infrastructure, and local authorities, service commissions and statutory authorities.

Personal life and death Morris-Julian was married to Daniel Julian, and they had five children: two sons, two daughters, and a foster daughter.