Marisa Arthur is an adjunct professor of human anatomy and enrolled in a Master of Public Health program at Biola University. For three years, she was the research assistant for the nanomedicine and cancer research team under Dr. Richard Gunasekera where she led a team of undergraduate students in studying nanomachines and their effects on bacteriophage viruses. This team won the 2022 Undergraduate Biochemistry Award through the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was published in Science Magazine. After graduating with a Master's in Public Health, Marisa desires to enter the medical field to become a psychiatric nurse practitioner (Ph.D.) and serve those with disabilities.