Writing is kind of our thing. 

(she/her)

Liz founded Liz Rae & Co in 2015 during her best friend Maranda’s engagement. Her friend, Timmie, at the time also struggled with finding an LGBTQ-friendly officiant that custom-wrote ceremonies. With a background in creative writing, she began writing ceremonies 100% custom for all couples. 

When her grandmother passed in February of 2022, the service did not reflect her grandmother. Wishing she had a service to share stories of the woman she loved, she decided to begin funeral services with her co-officiant, Mark. Together, they created a program to offer the same, fully custom process with weddings to memorial services.

When she isn’t writing ceremonies, she’s working on editing her first novel and diving into her second. She’s been writing her whole life, but gained her storytelling knowledge through Faber Academy’s novel program and UCLA’s TV and Film Writing degree. You can read some of her writing on her website, Liz Rae and more notably on Thought Catalog.  She also writes terrible Instagram poetry at @iamlizrae, but wouldn’t recommend reading it. 

She speaks Spanish, some French, and some Italian, and she’s lived in France, Italy, Spain, Peru, the United Kingdom. She’s traveled to every continent except Antarctica.

Liz is a trained funeral celebrant through Insight Books.