Posts Tagged: New Orleans
Meet an Amazing Recent Grad: Marissa Davis, founder of NOLArize!
Posted in Generation Y/Millennials on June 30, 2008 at 8:26 pm
A few months ago I gave a talk at the Smith College Social Entrepreneurship Conference. Among the other speakers was Marissa Davis (pictured in this photo, to the right of the yellow t-shirt), an impressive senior from Swarthmore College. Marissa gave an inspiring talk about the organization she founded as an undergraduate, NOLArize!
NOLArize! is an organization of college students across America who are partnering with their local communities to help rebuild New Orleans, “one community at a time.” Marissa, who was born and raised in Jamaica, graduated from Swarthmore in May and continues to run the organization while she works full-time.
Why did a busy student at one of America’s most competitive colleges decide to launch a nonprofit? (more…)
