Marisa Catalina Casey
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Marisa Catalina Casey (born in Bogotá, Colombia on November 5, 1979), is a photographer, graphic designer, educator, and co-author of the book Born in Our Hearts: Stories of Adoption.
Casey was raised in Newton, Massachusetts and attended Newton South High School (Class of 1997). She then attended Brown University and graduated with honors in Latin American Studies in 2001. Casey later received grants from the Production Workshop and the Creative Arts Council to complete her creative thesis project, Latin America in Abstract: A Personal Journey.
Casey's photography has been published by the non-governmental organization CARE, and in several literary arts journals. She received a grant from the Newton chapter of the Massachusetts Cultural Council for her photography and has been interviewed by the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, the New York Daily News, and the Providence Journal, among other publications.
Casey's father is an attorney in Boston, Massachusetts; her mother is the Founder and Executive Director of the Alliance for Children international adoption agency and the Alliance for Children Foundation.
Currently Casey is a master's candidate in the Program in Arts Administration at Teachers College, Columbia University.
