Lorissa is a third-year law student at the University of Windsor. Prior to coming to law school, she did her Bachelor of Arts in Law and Society and her Master of Arts in Socio-Legal Studies.

She has experience working with foster children, at a mental health non-profit, at civil litigation and family law firms, at a family law legal clinic, and with self-represented litigants.

Lorissa has been with the NSRLP since her second year of law school and plans to continue to use her education, experience, and skills to further access to justice for self-represented litigants.