Meet Lisane

Your freedom. Your legacy.

The next level of success isn’t about achievement. It’s about freedom — and what you leave behind.
Lisane Basquiat is a Legacy Healing Strategist and the founder of Shaping Freedom® — the methodology she built from two decades as a corporate executive in business transformation and more than twenty-one years co-administering the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat alongside her sister, Jeanine Heriveaux.
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the short version
Brooklyn-born, of Haitian and Puerto Rican heritage. A corporate executive who left in 2008 to build her own world: Shaping Freedom®, the coworking community Hera Hub Carlsbad, and the stewardship of one of the most significant artistic legacies of the twentieth century — her brother Jean-Michel’s. Mother, grandmother, bi-coastal, and direct.
“The relationship you have with yourself is the first relationship — and the longest one. Every other relationship reflects it back.”
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The Estate

Twenty-one years co-administering the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat with her sister, Jeanine Heriveaux — one of the most complex legacy operations in the world.

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King Pleasure©

Co-curator and co-executive producer of the landmark exhibition, shown in New York and Los Angeles.

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Hera Hub Carlsbad

Owner of the coworking space and business accelerator where women-led businesses grow with strategy, community, and intention.

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The record

NAWBO San Diego 2022 Business Woman of the Year. The County of San Diego proclaimed February 25, 2025 Lisane Basquiat Day. Featured in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Good Morning America, and NPR.

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The corporate years

Two decades as an executive in business transformation — the rooms, the politics, the patterns. She speaks fluent boardroom because she lived there.

Credentials

Board Certified, Association for Integrative Psychology (AIP) · Board Certified Master Practitioner and Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) · Certified Trainer of Mental and Emotional Release® (MER®) at the Practitioner Level · iPEC-certified coach · Advanced practitioner of Theta · Practitioner of Ho’oponopono · Ordained minister · Reiki practitioner

Mental and Emotional Release® is a registered trademark of Empowerment, Inc. and is exclusively licensed to the Association for Integrative Psychology, Inc.

the honest answers

What people ask about Lisane.

Who is Lisane Basquiat?

Lisane Basquiat is a Legacy Healing Strategist, keynote speaker, and corporate trainer whose work focuses on inherited patterns, leadership, and legacy. She is the creator of the Shaping Freedom framework and co-administrator of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Is Lisane Basquiat related to Jean-Michel Basquiat?

Yes, Lisane Basquiat is the younger sister of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. She co-administers his estate with her sister Jeanine Heriveaux and is an executive producer of the 2026 Netflix documentary Jean-Michel.

Does Lisane Basquiat help with family estrangement?

Yes, her work addresses the inherited patterns underneath strained and estranged family relationships, including a themed session on estrangement in her live training Your Past Is Your Present.

What is The Inheritance Map?

The Inheritance Map is a physical mapping kit from Lisane Basquiat that helps people see the full family system that shaped them, using a tactile board, card decks, and a reflection journal.

Is there a new Netflix documentary about Jean-Michel Basquiat?

Yes, Jean-Michel premiered at the 2026 Tribeca Festival and was acquired by Netflix for release later in 2026. Lisane Basquiat is an executive producer and appears in the film alongside her sister Jeanine Heriveaux.

Is Lisane Basquiat available for keynote speaking?

Yes, Lisane Basquiat is a professional keynote speaker booked through speaker bureaus for events worldwide, on topics including legacy, inherited patterns, leadership, and burnout.

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