Marissa received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law where she graduated Order of the Coif, was a Mary Daly Scholar, served as Associate Editor of Fordham Law Review and Editor-in-Chief of Fordham Law Moot Court. During law school, she served as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable Denny Chin, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She received her B.A., cum laude, from Vanderbilt University.