By joining Love Is Blind, Marissa is hoping to tug on the “invisible string” she believes connects her with her future husband. “We are still on our individual journeys, but hopefully he’s here,” she says. While spending seven years in the Navy didn’t exactly work wonders for her dating life, Marissa has no regrets about her military service. “That experience is the thing I’m most proud of,” she says. Since then, the recent law school graduate has prioritized her studies over just about everything else, and now she’s looking to start a new chapter — hopefully with an intelligent and empathetic partner who doesn’t mind her habit of burping out loud. In the past, Marissa says guys have tended to realize way too late that they were not ready for a relationship. “Men fall in love with my looks and charms, but don’t take the time to really get to know me.”