The Rev Lisa Wright, retired curate at St Leaonard’s Church, Streatham, is one of Streatham’s gems. Having taught for over 30 years, including at Tulse Hill school, in 1987 Lisa became one of the first women in the Church of England to be ordained as a deacon having campaigned for many years for the ordination of women in the Church of England. She had to wait another seven years before she became one of the first women to be ordained as a priest. She started her life as curate at St Margret’s Church in Streatham Hill, before moving to St Leonard’s Church in 1995. To read more about her colourful career and life, there is a great piece on Lisa here.