Marissa has more than two decades of experience as a teacher and administrator. Prior to moving into the Head of School role, she was the SPED Coordinator at BASIS Baton Rouge Materra. Marissa has incredible depth of knowledge and understanding of the BASIS Charter School Curriculum. Before joining BASIS Charter Schools in 2021, she worked as the Dean of Curriculum, and was responsible for: SPED coordination, business operations, state documentation submissions, and curricular overview as well as teaching for other school systems in the Baton Rouge area.