About Me

Marissa Joseph is a scholar, global storyteller, and published essayist whose research focuses on Caribbean women's histories and cultural production, political movements, and social life in Haiti and the Global Hispanophone. 

Marissa obtained a B.A. in History and Literature from Harvard College in 2023. Professionally, Marissa specializes in enhancing corporate reputations and brands through strategic storytelling. As a Corporate Communications and Public Relations Specialist, she leverages adept writing skills to fortify corporate reputations with expertise in Thought Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility Communications.

A child of Haitian immigrants, Marissa's writing employs a culturally enriched style and perspective, specializing in various forms of public writing including personal essays, Op-Eds, and long-form narrative journalism. 

My Latest Work

Cornel West’s Departure is By Harvard’s Design | Opinion

The production of Black-centered knowledge is not a priority for Harvard because it promises to deconstruct the very white supremacist tables at which they have denied us a seat. By centering decolonization and the deconstruction of power, West invited us to pursue a “veritas'' that transcended academia’s pervasive and intentional whiteness and neoliberalism. Offering West tenure would equate to Harvard consenting to the dismantling of its own structural racism.

The Fight Against Police Brutality Is Global | Opinion

Tear gas floods from canisters propelled by officers outfitted in bulletproof vests. The target? Thousands of demonstrators marching through the streets armed only with hand-painted signs. While unique tragedies and trauma forge the fury in each voice, their message is the same: “Our lives matter.” No, we’re not describing the local Black Lives Matter protests that took place in the United States this spring. This is the reality now in Nigeria, as the #EndSARS movement reignites

When Black Women Die, White America Does Not Cry at Their Funerals | Opinion

Breonna Taylor was an emergency medical technician. Every shift she leased her breath to restore life into strangers’ lungs, but no one came to her rescue for 20 minutes after three officers sent five bullets into her body and left her family with one less daughter. Black families across the country cry familiar and familial tears for another Black life lost. Cities burn in Breonna’s honor to caution racist institutions of their looming fate and Black women apply pressure to society's chest, try

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