Marisa Handler was born in Cape Town, South Africa and immigrated to the US in 1988. Along the way she lived in Israel and backpacked around Southern Africa, the Middle East, Europe, South Asia and South America. She was active in organizing the global justice movement, the anti-war movement and a just peace for Israel-Palestine. She freelanced as a journalist and foreign correspondent. The title of her first book tells it all, Loyal to the Sky: Notes of an Activist. 

She currently speaks and sings about visionary social change. Dark Spike is her first full-length album. She received a Fulbright fellowship in creative writing to India in 2010. She now teaches creative writing and songwriting at California Institute of Integral Studies. Ultimately, she says, whether writing, singing, speaking or teaching…it’s all a love song.