Marissa Block
About Marissa Block
Marissa Block is an Analytics Team Lead at Fraym, where she has significantly impacted student learning and development by supporting over 200 students. She has a diverse educational background and extensive experience in public policy and economics, having worked in various roles including as an Economic Research Assistant at the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
Current Role at Fraym
Marissa Block has been serving as the Analytics Team Lead at Fraym since 2019. In this role, she has been responsible for supporting over 200 students, demonstrating her significant impact on student learning and development. Her leadership in analytics contributes to the organization's mission of leveraging data for informed decision-making.
Previous Experience in Education
Before her current position, Marissa Block worked as a Teaching Assistant at Trinity College - Hartford from 2013 to 2014. She also held a Teaching Assistant role at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago from 2018 to 2019. In these positions, she prepared weekly lessons to teach graduate students programming skills, enhancing their understanding of statistics and program evaluation.
Professional Background in Research
Marissa Block has a solid background in economic research. She worked as an Economic Research Assistant at the Millennium Challenge Corporation from 2014 to 2017 in the Washington D.C. Metro Area. Additionally, she completed a summer internship at Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) in New Delhi, India, in 2018, where she gained practical experience in policy design.
Educational Qualifications
Marissa Block holds a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, where she studied from 2017 to 2019. She also earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Economics and International Studies - Middle Eastern Studies from Trinity College-Hartford, graduating in 2014. Her studies included a focus on Development Economics and Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS University of London during her study abroad program.
Language and Cultural Studies
Marissa Block has pursued extensive language studies, particularly in Arabic. She participated in the Arabic Persian Turkish Language Immersion Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013 and completed a summer program at the Arab American Language Institute in Morocco in 2017. These experiences have contributed to her proficiency in Arabic and her understanding of Middle Eastern cultures.