Keith in the fall of 2013. She previously clerked for The Honorable Sterling Johnson, Jr, in the Eastern District of New York, and was most recently a visiting scholar at the West African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal. Marissa is the founder of the 4th World Initiative, an interdisciplinary think tank and grant-making organization dedicated to advancing human rights and development in the pan-African world. She currently lives in Harlem and blogs at www.marissaaljackson.com. 0