Marissa is aN POLYMATH who delights in CREATING THINGS that move culture forward ↠↠↠↠↠↠↠↠

After earning a degree in Psychology from New York University, she got her professional start as the co-creator of the Shorty Award-winning viral social media movement #BlackoutDay and has been featured as a creative in campaigns like Tumblr’s #ExploreWhatYouLove digital series. From 2017 to the present, she’s operated Fourth Planet Consulting, working with various agency partners as a creative strategist and copywriter. She’s created incredible marketing campaigns and her industry credits include Webby-nominated social and digital content, viral billboard copy, and other editorial and production work for client partners, including:

The Walt Disney Company, Lionsgate, Monkeypaw Productions, Netflix, Girl Scouts of America, BuzzFeed, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Apple, and GIPHY.

Her debut book - Girls Can! Smash Stereotypes, Defy Expectations, and Make History! - is a collection featuring history-making women published by National Geographic Kids, and she is also a featured essayist in Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy. From 2022 - 2024, she completed a volunteer term as Director of Partnerships on the board of OffColour.org, a Gen Z- and Millennial-led media company striving for true diversity and inclusion in pop media.

Her passions have led her down the path of a true multi-hyphenate — she spends her free time writing music, poetry, and creative fiction for film, television, and publishing. She is also a nature and astro photographer. When she isn’t putting together brand campaigns, writing, or shooting, she’s gardening or losing herself in her studies.

She’s currently a very stressed but very happy grad student studying Biology with a focus on Traditional Ecological Knowledge, conservation, island ecology, and ecological storytelling.

She’s seeking full-time career opportunities as a creative strategist, marketer, and copywriter in the following industries:

• Community Organizing and Education

• Conservation

• Education

• Media and Entertainment

• Publishing