Marissa Zampino joined MyRWA in May 2022 as their Community Organizer and has assisted Malden River Works with Community Engagement. In this role, they build relationships and partner with community members and organizations to help surface and implement resident-generated heat and other climate resilience solutions, as climate change makes summer heat waves longer and storms more intense. Prior to MyRWA, she worked as an organizer for MASSPIRG Students where she recruited, trained, and organized hundreds of college students on voter registration, fighting hunger and homelessness, and transitioning UMass Amherst to 100% renewable energy. They graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Spanish, and found their love of community engagement during their AmeriCorps VISTA service year. In her free time, she enjoys reading, drinking coffee, or finding new places to roller skate. Pronouns: she/they