UC Merced Magazine | Volume XIX, Issue VII

Alumna Sports a Flair for Business

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Marissa Lucas, left, doesn’t pass up any opportunity, including panel discussions, to talk about her company and share her insights.

By Seth Allen Marissa Lucas may have given more campus tours than any other student during her time at UC Merced from 2012 to 2016. In her junior year alone, she escorted visitors around campus 57 times. However, that was only one of her many roles while working for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs. As a student marketing lead, also known as a Media Cat, she launched the popular @lifeatucmerced Instagram account. If you scroll through its 970 posts, you’ll find Lucas in the first

one explaining why she chose UC Merced. “I came to UC Merced because I loved the opportunities that were available,” she said. She made the most of those opportunities, gaining skills to shape her future. Less than a decade a er graduating, Lucas is now the senior vice president of PR & Partnerships at T he Bay Club Company, a luxury fitness club with 26 locations across 10 campuses.

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