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Marisa Day

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We are not one self, but many selves in one body. Sometimes I wonder how I fuse my myriad of interests into one semi-sane pink haired girl. I am a 17 year old senior at Curtis High School, currently flipping out about college decisions, printing a zine, founding a youth activist network, starting a coffeehouse, going to acting and dance classes and going to punk shows. Even the music I listen to is indicative of how confused and diverse I am: political punk/hardcore and showtunes. I believe in social change, in the importance of awareness and action. I combine and balance that with my passion for theatre and literature. I want to both expand the mediums I can express myself in and develop myself so I have something to express. That's why I'm involved in Radio Rookies. Apathy is worthless; Viva independent media!
October 2001

Interesting Fact: My favorite place in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is "The Room From The Nur Ad Din House."

Story Description: Activism
Marisa, leftist teen activist, tries to start a youth activism group on Staten Island and learns a few things about what does and doesn't sway the conservative masses.

Mentor: Marisa's mentor is Subrata De. Subrata has been working in documentary television for the last 7 years. But, her first job as a journalist was as a radio reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in northern Ontario. Since moving to New York, she's researched and produced documentaries and news segments for Michael Moore's "TV Nation," the BBC and others. Most recently, she's been working on documentary hours for NBC News. Her past reports have included an investigation of the treatment of women in prison and an examination of the trafficking of women and children into the U.S. for forced labor and prostitution.