Marisa DeMato: The Apprentice Los Angeles Candidate

Marisa DeMato, of Wellington, Florida stars on The Apprentice: Los Angeles as “The Politico” candidate. Along with seventeen other young professionals, Marisa vie to be the single winner that’s hired as a new employee by the show’s star, multimillionaire Donald Trump.

Marisa was born on Long Island, New York and later moved to Wellington, Florida (located about 60 miles north of Miami in Palm Beach County), where she now resides. She earned her BA in Political Science from Florida Atlantic University and then moved on to law school at the University of Baltimore School of Law. After graduation, she served as an intern for the Maryland Attorney General and U.S. Representative Robert Wexler.

Marisa is an attorney with the law firm of Lerach, Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman & Robbins, LLP. Her legal specialty is representing investors in class action lawsuits related to securities fraud.

Marisa’s not the only local reality TV star from our area. We’re also home to Edgardo Rivera from Survivor: Fiji. Miami is also the starting point in The Amazing Race 11, a race around the world.