Liza Armstrong earned a master's degree in teaching English as a second language from Northern Arizona University. Before teaching at MU, she taught in other university intensive English programs in Arizona, Morocco and Missouri, where she grew up and earned a bachelor's degree in English linguistics from Truman State University. She enjoys teaching English to both beginning and advanced English language learners, and is particularly interested in teaching composition, reading and information literacy skills. She also likes traveling abroad, and has been to countries in Europe, North Africa and Central America.