Larissa earned her B.A. in Sociology at San Francisco State University in 2014, her M.S. in Sociology at the University of Oregon in 2016, and her PhD in Sociology at the University of Oregon in 2021. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Project for Middle Class Renewal in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She can be reached at larissap@illinois.edu