Bio:

Marissa is an Executive Assistant at the Allen Institute, supporting the President & CEO, Rui Costa and the Chief of Staff, Lenina Arenas-Fuentes. She has a Bachelor's Degree in International Affairs from Seattle University. Prior to Allen, she spent six years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a Senior Program Assistant on the Postsecondary Success strategy in US Programs and three years as the Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President of Vaccine & Infectious Disease at Fred Hutch.