Liz was inspired to become a writer by Rosemary Howard, the first female head writer of "Laugh-In". She mentioned that she used to teach improv to senior citizens. In high school, Liz believed that she was an unpopular "nerd" that all of her classmates picked on, only to learn two decades later at her 20-year high school reunion that she was, in fact, the universally disliked class bully. She attended the University of Maryland on a partial competitive jazz dance scholarship, studying theater tech and for which she still has an outstanding student loan. She spent her junior year abroad in Frankfurt, Germany, and speaks passable German, which is, in her opinion, "the most beautiful language in the world". She struggles somewhat with the language in "Episode 210", mixing up verbs and misunderstanding a group of German TV executives. In "Gentleman's Intermission" she tries to evade speaking with Avery Jessup on the phone by pretending to be German, but is caught out when Avery speaks fluent German in response. In "Larry King", she sings "99 Luftballons". Liz also has a longtime goal of learning Spanish, at which she eventually makes some progress during a period of community service in "Respawn."