Marissa graduated from Lafayette College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Anthropology/Sociology in 2020. Her undergraduate research focused on trauma and adverse childhood experiences. Since then, Marissa has been a postgraduate associate at the Yale Child Study Center. Her primary responsibilities include administering clinical assessments and collecting electroencephalogram (EEG) and eye-tracking data. She will begin a doctoral program in Clinical Science this fall at Florida International University and is thrilled to continue research and clinical work relating to childhood anxiety disorders.