Karissa brings her fun spirit to the Prevail team. She celebrates the opportunity to create new and interesting designs. Karissa is not afraid to suggest a style or color to suit your features and lifestyle. She incorporates all of her continuing education credits into her work. An award winning colorist, Karissa is enthusiastic about the industry she has enjoyed since 1998.

Some of Karissa's accomplishments and further education:

- Certified in Aveda PureForm Cutting Techniques
- Creative Color Techniques with Dimitrios Tsioumas
- Unite product knowledge
- Worked with industry names such as Vivianne MacKinder and Geno Stampora
- Cutting techniques at Fresh Studio Academy
- Stylist for Barbizon Modeling
- Wet Seal fashion show in Washington D.C.
- Backstage coordinator for the 2008 Spring Fashion Expo at the Hershey Country Club benefiting the Leukemia Lymphoma Society