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=General: =
<div><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Serving as a UIF Since: '''Fall 2016</span><span style="font-size:medium;">'''School: '''Wichita State University</span>
<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Status: '''Alumni</span><br /><span style="font-size:medium;">'''What she does now: '''marketing, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">strategic branding consultant, and photographer</span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Her background is in technical communication and working with engineers to create technical white papers. In graduate school, she worked as a freelance journalist, strategic branding consultant, and public speaking instructor</span><span style="font-size:large;">.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">LaRissa is a past President of Lambda Pi Eta at Wichita State University, a national communication honor society. She also was awarded a journalism fellowship with Salon Media Group. LaRissa is very active in community building and entrepreneurship. She was a Venture for America Fellow and now regularly volunteers as a Venture for America Alumni. She is also a past member of the Wichita Professional Communicators and the National Federation of Press Women. </span><div><br />[[File:Larissa speaking2.jpg|border|Larissa speaking2.jpg|link=Special:FilePath/Larissa_speaking2.jpg]]<br /><br /></div>
='''Some highlights of her UIF work include:''' =
*<span style="font-size:medium;">Giving pop-up classes and guest lectures on design-thinking, rapid prototyping, and creative confidence skills. This has served as a way to involve non-technical students in the innovation ecosystem and get them involved. </span><span style="font-size:medium;">LaRissa </span><span style="font-size:medium;">has helped facilitate design thinking activities at the November Silicon Valley Meetup in 2017 and several academic conferences. </span><span style="font-size:medium;">LaRissa </span><span style="font-size:medium;">has taught</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">thousands</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">of</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">people</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">lessons on</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">design thinking</span><span style="font-size:medium;">, creativity confidence, and empathy.</span> <span style="font-size:medium;"> [[File:Larissa hannah.jpg|frame|Larissa hannah.jpg]]</span><div></div>
*<span style="font-size:medium;">LaRissa </span><span style="font-size:medium;">and Hannah Hund participated in an Aggies Invent design competition at Texas A&M during the summer of 2016. Their team took third place. Both </span><span style="font-size:medium;">LaRissa </span><span style="font-size:medium;">and Hannah decided to work to bring that style of </span><span style="font-size:medium;">design </span><span style="font-size:medium;">competition to Wichita State. In 2017, They helped organize “Mars or Bust”</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">–</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">a 24</span><span style="font-size:medium;">/hour</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">design competition around space sustainability at Wichita State. In 2018, they helped bring “Invent for the Planet” to Wichita State, a global design competition in coordination with Texas A&M</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">that tackled the society's biggest challenges including environmental</span><span style="font-size:medium;">/clim</span><span style="font-size:medium;">a</span><span style="font-size:medium;">te a</span><span style="font-size:medium;">ffairs,</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">sustainability,</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">energy solutions, social issues, improving developing nations and resource equity</span><span style="font-size:medium;">. </span><br /><div><span style="font-size:medium;">LaRissa </span><span style="font-size:medium;">learned about University Innovation Fellows when she co-founded Shocker Startup with Wesley Alexis and Hannah Hund. UIF has given her the opportunity to explore how innovation and entrepreneurship can empower students. </span><span style="font-size:medium;">LaRissa’s </span><span style="font-size:medium;">passion is at the intersection of communication and technology.</span> <br /></div>
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