Marissa Zampino is a trained community organizer and planner. She previously worked as the Climate Organizing Manager for the Mystic River Watershed Association, where she helped implement numerous community designed and led extreme heat interventions in Everett, Chelsea, Malden, and Boston; ranging from new climate resilient parks, shade structures, water fountains, and more. She also led 4 different resident steering committees that helped center community voices in all of MyRWA’s climate projects.

In addition to their organizing work, Marissa currently works as an Equity Partner for the state’s MVP 2.0 program, where they guides municipalities through a transformative approach to community led climate planning.

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 drinking coffee and rollerskating.