Marissa is a sophomore at South Hadley High School. She joined journalism class because she had an interest in being able to voice her opinions and share them with others. She enjoys writing profiles and opinion pieces. She admires the photography portion of journalism, and likes having visuals of what she is writing about. 

Marissa enjoys dance and has been taking classes for 8 years. She also works at the Boathouse in South Hadley and has been working there for almost a year now. She enjoys reading realistic fiction books here and there and loves rom-com movies.