About Marisa
Marisa Torrieri (aka "Marisa Mini") is a writer, rock-and-roll goddess and guitar teacher who lives in Stamford, CT -- just a short train ride from New York City!
The Silver Spring, Md., native moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., after fetching a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in Evanston, Il. Today she sings and strums guitar for her eponymous band Marisa Mini & The Underage Hotties as well as a new project with bassist BFF Morgan, tentatively called The Lion, Kitten & The Cougar.
She teaches on Sundays at Brooklyn Guitar School, and has taught guitar and vocals at the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls in Brooklyn, and The Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, Oregon.
Today, she is a writer and editor and core member of Girls Rock & Girls Rule, an NYC organization dedicated to promoting and expanding opportunities for women in all genres of rock and roll (beyond Britney pop). Additionally, she is a web editor for TMCnet, where she is the creative force the company's sole woman-penned gadget-focused blog.
When she's not playing one of her six guitars or writing about cell phones and such, she contributes to a number of media outlets, including Metromix New York, The Baltimore Examiner, OK! magazine, ZINK magazine and Venus magazine. Her work has also appeared in DailyCandy, The Village Voice and The Washington Post.
Marisa enjoys going to rock shows, running, Bikram yoga, road trips, reading The Wall Street Journal, watching reality TV and talking to friendly strangers.