Digital & Social Media Lead
Austin Board of REALTORS®
Clarisa is a multimedia journalist who has worked as in-house as a professional storyteller for both national and local nonprofits.
Before joining the Austin Board of REALTORS® , she was the Founder and Principal of Small Coffee, a boutique PR and marketing agency that worked with small businesses. She is a graduate of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism.
She loves empowering young women and has always been enthusiastic about helping the greater good. She is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, a Leadership Austin alumn, and serves as a board member of the Girls Empowerment Network.
Best Mentee Fit:
Before moving to Austin in 2015, she was working in the nonprofit world in Chicago and freelanced as a journalist. She‘s happy to provide advice to students looking for internships or for people wanting to freelance, make a pivot in their career, and find ways to get engaged in their community.