MARISSA T.
Experience
"A burnt child dreads the fire." (proverb)
botany.
flowers
2020-present (seasonal)
experimental independent floral design studio and retailer.
'flowers for the new world orde.'
MAAT design & technology
founder/director/designer
specializing in high quality graphic content and fun experiments in digital collaboration and creativity
eminent.domains
(currently inactive)
i’ve been a webmaster since 1999. among other things, i am noticing a lot of missed opportunities in the domain name space. i’m on a mission to change that.
anthesis essences
formerly {R}EVOLUTION ESSENces & COS/med\ics
Owner, Practitioner, Consultant, Educator
Partnering with flower essence makers to create a range of remedy blends for emotional, physiological, and spiritual support and enhancement. Also developing workshop curriculum and available for consultation with individuals, couples, families and groups seeking custom solutions and support.
INSTACART
Full-Service Shopper
Part-time personal shopping and delivery services (paid); full-time information provision via requirement to allow Shopper App full access to track and observe my location and other data in order to provide aforementioned services (unpaid bonus).
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Health Care Assistant Jun 2013 - Feb 2014. Boston, MA.
A noble endeavor that ultimately proved to be an invaluable, albeit moderately traumatic, learning experience.
SQUAT Birth Journal
Layout Assistant/Designer [Volunteer] Jan 2014 - Present
Olive Tree Projects
Volunteer Apr 2013 - May 2013. Jacmel, Haiti.
Volunteered at a busy birth clinic, assisting with prenatal and postpartum care as well as labor and delivery. Also helped to facilitate community classes and workshops, including a series of classes for teenage girls in the community, and an introductory workshop for the clinic staff on flower essences. ...
Lenscrafters/Dr. Fusco's Office
EyeCare Advisor Sep 2011 - Aug 2012. Salem, NH.
Responsible for patient care in a busy optometry practice. Duties included communicating with patients to schedule appointments, managing patient flow, and preliminary testing, including tonometry, autorefraction, and retinal imaging. Acted as a liason between patients and providers, as well as between patients and sales staff, translating and helping to communicate patient needs in each unique situation. Insurance verification was also a big part of my job here. Due to some inexplicable reason that I suspect may have had more to do with old dogs and new tricks than alleged limitations in the online system (never I felt confident I would be able to overcome if anyone could please try to remember the login password we had to call, on the telephone, the various insurers to confirm vision coverage and eligibility for every patient, every time. Otherwise,
West Suburban YMCA
Youth Coordinator, Newton Teen Center Sep 2011 - Aug 2012. Newton, MA.
This position afford me the opportunity to connect and engage with kids in
incredible ways. I found that as long as I could remain open, objective, and
receptive to meeting them -- geographically, emotionally, etc. -- wherever they
were at any given point, they were almost always overwhelmingly responsive and honest with me in response. I look forward to continuing my work with young people in the near future.
The Body Shop
Acting/Assistant Manager 2002 - 2003. Salem, NH & Burlington, MA.
LoadSpring Solutions, Inc.
Web Tech 1999 - 2000. Lawrence, MA.
Webmaster.
Additional relevant experience
1995-2002
RETAIL: Boston Hill Farm Stand (1995). Butcher Boy Market (1997). Stop & Shop (1998). Newbury Comics (1999-2000, 2001), Skinmarket (2002).
ETC.: CIT and Group Counselor, Brooks School Day Camp (1994-1996). Intern, Law Offices of Linda Harvey (2001).
Education
education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. (oscar wilde)
The Matrona
Direct Entry Midwifery, Certificate of Holistic Midwifery 2012 - 2013
QUANTUM MIDWIFERY. The paradox. Homeopathy. We have a remedy.
Activities: revolution
Northeastern University
Political Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
rolled my eyes [see graduation photo]
Activities: alpha sigma phi beta kappa donna. psycho alpha disco beta. the sisterhood of the traveling pantydroppers. founding member and chairwoman of the bored: NOT AMUSED [NA], inc.
Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts
Graphic and Web Design, Certificate 2010 - 2011
crafted a professional identity and connected with a job in youth services. i build bridges.
Richmond, The American International University in London
Summer Study Abroad 2003 - 2003
Photography
FLOWERS
languages of rainbows, Perfumes, And secret silence...
WORKS IN PROGRESS {AND RECENTLY COMPLETED}
“Come forth, Lazarus! And he came fifth and lost the job.” —james joyce, ulysses
CALL ME MAYBE?
MARISSA : 1.617.671.8111
Email
LinkedIn
Greater Boston Area
“We are told ‘no’, we’re unimportant, we’re peripheral. ‘Get a degree, get a job, get this, get that.’ And then you’re a player, but you don’t want to play in the game. You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that’s being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world.”
thank you terence m. <3
