She/Her

Marisa is a fiber artist and researcher currently working toward her PhD at Bryn Mawr College. Originally from Houston, TX, she grew up sewing and developing a love for working with her hands at an early age. She has a passion for interdiciplinary artforms, and gathering information through practice. In 2017, she earned her BFA in Game Design from NYU, and then her MFA in Costume Technololgy from UT Austin in 2025. Alongside her doctoral pursuits, she continues to explore emerging media, and create her own artwork. Her current research centers the unique ways intersectional individuals in the African Diaspora cultivate community and knowledge through artistic practice.