Marisa Pinson grew up in San Juan Capistrano, California where she attended the South Orange County School of the Arts. After a year of community college, she moved to Los Angeles and found work applying spray tans while studying at UCB. Since 2008, Marisa has been a performer at the UCB Theatre and has been a member of the Harold teams Flap Jackson and The Great War.

In addition to performing, she be seen (in-print) as co-author of the book DEALBREAKER: The Definitive List of Dating Offenses released by Running Press. Marisa has also written for television including The Inbetweeners, Don't Trust the B----- In Apartment 23, How to Live With Your Parents For the Rest of Your Life, and currently for Mixology on ABC.