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About Marissa

You know the feeling of not knowing where to start with a blank page or computer screen—or what to do with one that's too full?

That’s my favorite place to meet people.

I love stepping into those spaces with people to help them find their voice and express it in a way that is clear, effective, and that feels right for them.

I believe that it is 100% possible to be strategic and true to yourself at the same time.

I believe in combining intuition and inspiration with best practices to create effective content that makes you say, “Yeah, she really got me.” Because if I get you, your customers will.

And I believe that the process itself should be a joyful one where you are supported in self-discovery and expression at every stage of our collaboration.

Connecting people with the magic of words

I was four when I got my first library card. There’s a picture of me standing afterwards in the little park next to our neighborhood library, holding a dandelion. It’s one of my favorite memories, because even now, it sums up for me the power of words to unlock wishes and open worlds.

I love words. I love their beauty. Their power. Their texture. Their ability to connect us to ourselves, to other people, and to something even bigger. That’s why I founded Wordtree. Using my signature HeartSmart™ Method, I combine expertise and intuition to deliver copy that is as strategic as it is authentic.

Drawing on 18 years of experience as a classroom teacher, 10 years working with student journalists, and a lifetime love affair with all things literary, I write and teach people to write with a passion for words that hasn’t changed since I held my first library card.

I help people tap into the power of words to connect with their unique voice in resumes, LinkedIn profiles, blogs, website copy, and scripts for talks.

And I empower people to write for themselves through workshops, speaking engagements, and course offerings designed to bring that magic to life so words can be for you what they are for me--friends.

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Why Wordtree?

My love affair with words began before I can even remember...

It has roots in the earliest days of my life, when stories of impossible lands and adventures seemed possible to me, and its branches have extended through every day since. Even now, in each second, some new bud unfurls, and because of the magic of words, I have never been far off from enchanted shores or high adventure.

Like all loves, this one needed to be expressed; I started my business to share my enchantment with words and help others find their own voice. But I needed an official name that would embody all of that magic and power and potential--and so, Wordtree was born.

A “wordtree” is a grounded thing, roots deep and intertwined with rich, cool earth, anchored and anchoring. It is a living thing, growing, needing and being needed by the plants and creatures around it, vital with sap and vernal promise even when its world sleeps gently under snow. It is a forger of paths, both downward into the soil and upward into the sky, where its branches long to embrace the clouds. It is a place of sanctuary: in its trunk and in its limbs, beings – wild, and not – find shelter.

May the words we find together be just so: grounded in source, brushing the heavens, alive with purpose, offering cool shade, and a place to be still with the magic of it all.