Marissa O’Connor is a junior at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX where she’s majoring in Convergence Journalism with a double minor in Spanish and Corporate Communications/Publics Affairs. She is originally from Buffalo, New York and spent last summer interning at Time Warner’s 24-hour news station, YNN Buffalo. At SMU, Marissa is the Co-Editor of the Health & Fitness section of the Daily Campus with her best friend and fellow HC writer, Halle Organ. She also works on the Daily Update, the SMU student-run morning news broadcast and is an active member of Delta Delta Delta and the women’s club lacrosse team. Marissa enjoys running, sunny days, new places, bikram yoga, sundresses, iced coffee, and anything outdoors. After graduation Marissa plans to pursue a career in broadcast or magazine journalism.