Obituary of Lisa Mojer-Torres

Lisa Mojer-Torres, 54, of Lawrenceville, lost her battle with ovarian cancer on Monday at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Born in Queens, New York, she had resided in Lawrenceville for thirteen years. Lisa was a civil rights attorney and served as the Recovery Advocate for the New Jersey Division of Addiction Services. She dedicated her life’s work for the dignity of persons in recovery. She received her B.A. from Boston University and her J.D. from the NYU. Lisa was licensed to practice law in both New York and New Jersey. She served as a founding member and first chairperson of the Faces and Voices of Recovery and was a Board Member of the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA). Lisa was the recipient of many national awards for her work in the field of recovery. In 1996, she received the first Public Service Award presented by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA). In 2006, she received the Johnson Institute’s Award, “America Honors Recovery”. In 2010, she received the Richard Lane and Robert Holden Patient Advocacy Award from the American Association of Opiate Addiction Treatment. She recently co-authored an article on Recovery Orientated Methadone Maintenance with William L. White, MA. Daughter of the late Joseph R. Mojer, she is survived by her beloved husband Rolando Torres Jr., her two loving sons Matthew and Liam Torres and her mother Gwendolyn Walters Mojer. Also surviving are her brothers Steven Mojer and his wife Maryjane and Michael Mojer and his wife Kim, a sister-in-law Vivian Torres, nephews Tyler and Jessie Mojer and nieces Heather and Leah Mojer and Emily Jordan. The funeral service will be held on Friday at 11 AM at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville with Reverend Gabriel Salguero of the Princeton Theological Seminary officiating. Family and friends may call on Thursday from 6 to 9 PM at the funeral home. The family strongly suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Lisa’s memory be made to Hospital at the University of the Pennsylvania, Ovarian Cancer Research, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19104.