[Women’s History Month] Meet Lisa Ascolese, inventor of the luggage assistant

March is the Women’s History Month celebrated globally to highlight the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. The month corresponds with the International Women’s Day which is marked globally on March 8.

As part of Face2Face Africa’s commitment to informing and connecting black people around the world, we have resolved to devote each day of the month of March to celebrate black women inventors and to highlight their inventions.

Lisa Ascolese is an entrepreneur, inventor, independent product broker, and motivational speaker. She has received two patents, one for the luggage assistant, for which she received U.S. patent D765979 in September 13, 2016 and the other for the hanger cover, for which she was granted U.S. patent D793748 in August 8, 2017.

Luggage Assistant

Hanger Cover

She began inventing her own products at the age of nine years. She is the CEO of the product development company Inventing A To Z and  has designed, manufactured, and marketed both her own products and those of her clients, including celebrities such as Nicole Ari Parker.

She lives by the advice of her grandmother gave her, “when you believe, you will achieve”.