She hails from the great city of Los Angeles, has lived in Shanghai and is now residing in New York City with occasional flights back to LA. Finishing up her undergraduate degree in politics and journalism at NYU, Clarissa is currently a collegiate correspondent for USA Today College and a editorial intern at Food Network’s CityEats. She freelances for CNN’s travel website CNNGo, Village Voice’s Fork in the Road and LA Weekly’s award-winning food blog, Squid Ink. She has also written pieces for BBC, NYTimes East Village and CBS Los Angeles.