About Your Host

CEO and founder, In Our Shoes. Leadership Trainer. Career Coach. TEDx Speaker, National Career Columnist: American Business Journals, Author: Own Your Authority (McGraw Hill Business Education; Spring 2021)

Former Wall St. Executive, Marisa has a 21+ year corporate career in technology and is the honoree of the “Women of Influence” award from New York Business Journals given her years of  mentoring and developing  professionals in the workplace. She is the founder of In Our Shoes,  a professional development and diversity and inclusion training practice and Gutsy Leadership Academy (GLA), an online leadership education platform and global community for professionals to share their struggles in a trusted safe space.  Marisa is a TEDx  Speaker, national career columnist for American Business Journals with articles published in 43 cities across the US, a cited expert for women’s leadership in The Huffington Post and author of the upcoming book on owning your authority published by McGraw Hill (Spring 2021)!