Marissa Floro, PhD (she/her) completed her B.A. in Classics, Renaissance Studies, and Applied Psychology at UC Santa Barbara, her M.A. in Counseling Psychology at Boston College, and her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Loyola University Chicago. She completed her APA internship at UC Santa Barbara CAPS and her Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford’s CAPS in the Gender and Sexual Identities Specialty. She also is an AASECT certified sex therapist and 500hr IAYT yoga teacher.
Marissa is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University’s Weiland Health Initiative, a counseling center committed to serving folks across the spectra of gender and sexuality, rooted in fighting white supremacy and striving towards liberation for all. Within her role at Weiland, Marissa provides brief individual therapy, community programming, non-Western healing and connective spaces, and psychoeducational materials. Marissa teaches a range of courses at Stanford focused on wellness and sexual health. In addition, Marissa co-facilitates multiple clinical teaching spaces for trainees at Stanford’s CAPS, Hospital, and Department of Psychiatry focused on providing culturally humble care to queer communities. Marissa also advises peer education programs across Stanford campus, contributes to gender inclusivity projects on campus and in the School of Medicine, and collaborates with multiple student and staff departments to create spaces for connection and learning. Marissa has a private practice where she provides sex therapy to predominantly queer folx and partnerships. Marissa also engages in academic writing to queer the field of psychology. Along with Drs. Jackie Wang and Stephanie Wong, she has written a book titled Queer and Trans Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, currently in press as well as additional book chapters focused on serving queer communities and attending to the intersections between race, sexuality and gender. Marissa is continuously learning how to better explore, understand, and articulate the impacts of oppressive systems and the liberatory opportunity of care and connection.
Marissa identifies as a queer, cis, mixed Filipina and white femme. She grew up in Ohlone land and resides there now in what’s now known as San Francisco. Outside of work, Marissa loves traveling, spending time with loved ones, imposing her current hyperfixation on others, and spending too much at overhyped restaurants.
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