Morrea Ollila is a journalist, digital designer, and storyteller. Originally from Los Angeles, but currently resides in New York City where she is studying Journalism + Design at The New School’s Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts.

She is currently a news reporter at The New School’s student-run publication—The New School Free Press—and plans to spend her final semesters honing her craft in journalism and visual storytelling. In April 2023 she will be presenting her project, “Burning too Close to Home: California’s War on Wildfires” in Eugene Lang’s Dean’s Honor Symposium. 

Prior to attending The New School, Morrea spent the first year of her undergraduate studies at The University of San Francisco in 2018. After careful consideration, she decided to take a gap year in 2019 to re-evaluate and refine her career goals. 

She created her own wellness and lifestyle blog—madebymorrea—and enrolled in the Institute of Integrative Nutrition where she later became an IIN board certified holistic health coach in June 2020. 

In July 2020, Morrea resumed her studies at Santa Monica College where she discovered her interest in Journalism. She assumed the role of Assistant Social Media Editor at SMC’s award-winning student lead publication, The Corsair.