Marisa Noe

Marisa Noe serves as a professor of Italian and Spanish language. She teaches both subjects at the high school level and Italian at the Berkeley Conservatory of Music, where her instruction includes helping students perform opera in Italian, drawing from her upbringing in Verona, Italy. Noe previously worked as a medical interpreter in Boston area hospitals before transitioning to teaching. She earned a doctorate in modern languages, including Italian and Spanish, from Middlebury College in Vermont, along with earlier degrees focused on theology and ancient languages such as Greek, Latin, Aramaic, and Hebrew. She is currently pursuing a second PhD in theology at the University of Italian Switzerland. Noe attributes her success to extensive study, patience in learning, dedication to her role as a mother, and strong faith, which she maintains through close ties to her church and community. She values time spent with family alongside continuous personal development and learning. Noe advises young women entering her field not to give up on their pursuits and notes that motherhood contributes to becoming a more well-rounded woman.