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__NOINDEX__ Marissa Jane Biernat (born May 18, 1995) is an American student at The University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.

Early Years
Marissa was born in Tarzana, California, and is the daughter of Jennifer (neé Twomey) and Ron Biernat. She is the youngest of four children; two brothers, Matthew and Andrew, and one sister, Christina. Her brother, Andrew, is currently living with his wife in Sydney, Australia and has been for the past five years. Marissa visited them in December, 2014. Marissa grew up in Calabasas, north of Los Angeles. Marissa was raised Catholic. Her father is Polish and her mother is Irish. Marissa attended St. Mel Catholic School for grade school and an all-girls high school, Louisville High School, in Woodland Hills, California.

Marissa was always considered "the baby" of her family and her siblings often tell told her that she was a spoiled child. Marissa's closest sibling to her is seven years older, and she felt like an only child for most of her life. Marissa grew up in an athletic family and all of her siblings played volleyball in college. Her oldest brother, Matthew, played at Newman University, her other brother, Andrew, played at University of Southern California, and her sister, Christina, played at University of California, Santa Cruz. Marissa started playing club volleyball at the age of nine on Santa Monica Beach Club. She continued to play for same club, later renamed Los Angeles Volleyball Academy until her senior year of high school. At Louisville High School, she competed on the varsity volleyball team all four years. Marissa was named 1st team All-Mission League and Most Valuable Player her junior and senior year.

College
In April, 2013, Biernat decided to attend college at The University of Arizona, but would not continue to play volleyball. She started school in the fall of 2013 and declared her major in Communication and minor in Film and Television. In the fall of 2014, Biernat joined the Delta Gamma Sorority, and she is an initiated member and an active participant in the organization's philanthropy, Service for Sight. In the spring of her junior year, Biernat studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain. She traveled with two of her best friends to nine countries and twelve cities. In the summer of 2016, Biernat interned at The Disney/ABC Television Group.

Personal Life
Biernat enjoys playing volleyball on the beach when she is at home in Los Angeles each summer. She is graduating in the spring of 2017 and hopes to pursue a career in television. She hopes to travel more around the world after college.