Marissa is a castaway who appeared on Survivor: Blood vs. Water alongside her uncle Gervase Peterson (Survivor: Borneo). Marissa right away found herself on the outs when she voted for Brad Culpepper at the First Impressions vote, with Laura ultimately being voted out (and then swapped to Galang). At the day 3 immunity challenge, Tadhana was in the lead due to her uncle struggling in the challenge, only for Katie, Ciera, and Caleb to struggle in the puzzle section. Although Marissa assumed Katie would be the likely target, the Tadhana Men wanted to target Marissa in response to Gervase’s aggressively boasting at the end of the challenge. At Tribal Council was unanimously sent to Redemption Island in a 8-1 vote, shocked to find out she was only voted out as a lesson to her uncle. She joined Rupert and Candice at Redemption Island and told them why she was voted out, although Candice believe Brad wanted her out due to the First Impression vote earlier in the game. Gervase refused to switch with his niece, telling her to “handle your biz”. In the first Duel, she and Candice beat Rupert, eliminating him from the game. At the second Duel, Marissa famously got in a fight with Brad, shouting “fuck you Brad Culpepper”. Candice beat her in the second Duel, but Marissa was able to dig deep and eliminate Rachel. Candice and Marissa were soon joined by Candice’s husband John, who was okay with being reunited, but Marissa told him it wasn’t good to be there. Unfortunately for Marissa, her time at Redemption came to an end when both Codys beat her, making her the third eliminated on Day 9. She was the youngest contestant on Blood vs. Water. She holds the records for most amount of votes against in shortest amount of time (10 votes by Day 3).