Marissa joined Legal Aid Justice Center’s Worker Justice Program as a workers’ rights attorney in December 2021. While earning her bachelor’s in Spanish, she developed a passion for working with Spanish-speaking populations. Marissa graduated from Washington and Lee University School of Law, where she received the Clinical Legal Education Award for excellence for her work in the Immigrant Rights Clinic. During law school, Marissa was a summer intern with LAJC’s Immigrant Advocacy Program at the Charlottesville office. Prior to joining LAJC, Marissa worked in private practice as an immigration attorney in Charlottesville.