Marissa was awarded the prestigious 2024 National Campus Speaker of the Year award, voted by hundreds of colleges and universities around the United States. She also received the Purple Ribbon Award for Survivor of the Year from DomesticShelters.org for her work with empowering survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.

As a speaker, she has trained demographics across the board from practicing nurses and nursing students, to first responders, to students across the country, and military servicemembers & leadership about how to effectively respond to sexual assault and domestic violence survivors. And has trained over 50,000 college students about healthy relationships, red flags, setting healthy boundaries, communication how to be a good friend and partner and so much more. The topics that are crucial to socialization that are not taught in schools. 

Her mission is to educate society about healthy and toxic relationships, enabling them to make informed and educated decisions, and recognize red flags immediately. She wants to see all survivors of sexual abuse, narcissism, emotional abuse and domestic violence release their trauma, build resilience and rebuild their lives, so they can feel complete, happy, and confident.