Biography
Marisa grew up in Southern California. She studied English and Spanish at Biola University and graduated from the Torrey Honors Institute. Before coming to UCI, she sold T-shirts at metal concerts and tutored ESL. Her work has recently appeared in Frontier Poetry and Foothill Poetry Journal, where she was nominated for the 2021 Foothill Editor's Prize. She currently serves as the Poetry Editor of FAULTLINE Journal of Arts & Letters and spends her free time playing D&D and singing to her cats.