= General: =
<div><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Serving as a UIF Since: '''Fall 2016</span></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;">'''School: '''Wichita State University</span></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Status: '''Alumni</span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;">'''What she does now:'''marketing, '''</span><span style="font-size: medium;">freelance journalist, strategic branding consultant, and public speaking instructorphotographer</span></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;">'''What that means:''' She helps people craft the best narratives possible. </span><br/></div><div>'''<span style="font-size:medium;"></span>'''<span style="font-size: medium;">'''What she's passionate about:''' Accessibility</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Contact her about:'''</span><span style="font-size: medium;">Teaching Design Thinking classes, navigating higher education systems, starting university innovation and entrepreneurship clubs, unconferences, hosting design competitions, I&E curriculum, and communication-related items like social media marketing.</span><br/><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Email: '''larissa@lawriecreative.com</span></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Phone:''' 316.734.9212</span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;">[[File:LaRissa Lawrie.jpg|border|center|LaRissa Lawrie.jpg]]</span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: mediumlarge;">LaRissa</span><span style="font-size: medium ">Lawrie earned a B.A. Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Communication from Wichita State University in 2017. She is currently pursuing and a Masters of Arts in Communication from Wichita State and is set to graduate in May of 2019. </span> </divspan style="font-size:large;"><div><br/></div><divspan><span style="font-size:mediumlarge;">She was born and raised in Wichita , Kansas. Her background is in technical communications and working with engineers to create technical white papers. She is currently working In graduate school, she worked as a freelance journalist, strategic branding consultant, and public speaking instructor.</span><br/></div><div><div><br/></div><div> <span style="font-size: mediumlarge;">LaRissa </span><span style="font-size: mediumlarge;">LaRissa is a past President of Lambda Pi Eta at Wichita State University - a national communications communication honor society. She also was awarded a writing fellowship with SalonMedia Group. She is active in the entrepreneurship and communications communities in Wichita, she is also a past member of the Wichita Professional Communicators and the National Federation of Press Women. She is active in the entrepreneurship and communications communities.</span></div><span style="font-size:large;"></divspan><divspan style="font-size: large;">She currently lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio. Her Cleveland activities include: 2019 Venture for America Fellowship, Marketing position with a Hemp Startup, and volunteering as a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum. <br/span></div><div><br/>[[File:Larissa speaking2.jpg|border|Larissa speaking2.jpg]]<br/><br/></div>
= '''Some highlights of her UIF work include:''' =