Marissa Streit

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Marissa Streit
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Streit speaking with attendees at the 2018 Young Women's Leadership Summit
Born (1981-08-28) August 28, 1981 (age 44)
Los Angeles, United States
CitizenshipAmerican and Israeli
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation Businesswoman
Known forCEO of conservative media organization PragerU

Marissa Streit is an American-Israeli [1] businesswoman who is CEO of PragerU, a conservative media organization. [2] [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Streit was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of an Australian father and Moroccan mother. [1] Her parents met in Israel. [1] Following her parents' divorce, Streit and her mother moved to Israel at age 7. [1]

Streit, who is Jewish, completed her primary education in Israel, and later served in the Israel Defense Force's military intelligence Unit 8200. [5] [6] After completing her military service, Streit attended the University of California, Los Angeles, studying business and economics. [1]

Career

Following her graduation, she returned to California and taught fourth and fifth grade, later becoming headmistress of a school in Manhattan Beach [1] [7] and worked as the director of operations for the Israeli-American Council. [1]

Streit described her push to activism as a result of Israel's portrayal in American media and growing Anti-Zionism, along with the role of teacher's unions. [7]

In 2009, Streit joined non-profit promoting conservative and capitalist viewpoints, PragerU, and in 2011 became its CEO. [3] [7] Streit has overseen PragerU's vision of "edutainment", focusing on cartoons and five-minute YouTube videos to educate people about the conservative and pro-Israel point of view on various issues; some of which contain claims about climate change which are considered false by the mainstream media. [6]

Streit has criticized the teaching of climate change in schools, including in Florida. [8] [9] [10] She has overseen the expansion of PragerU teaching material to Texas schools. [11]

In August 2013, Streit interviewed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Hungary's relationship with the European Union. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bandler, Aaron (2023-08-31). "Marissa's Moment". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  2. ↑ "Marissa Streit". www.prageru.com. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  3. 1 2 "Right-Wing Views for Generation Z, Five Minutes at a Time (Published 2020)". 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  4. ↑ Serfaty, Sunlen (2025-08-15). "Exclusive: Oklahoma to begin controversial test to weed out 'woke' teacher applicants today". CNN. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  5. ↑ "Biography — Marissa Streit". Kairos. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  6. 1 2 Stone, Peter (2023-09-06). "US 'university' spreads climate lies and receives millions from rightwing donors". The Guardian . Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  7. 1 2 3 "How a Los Angeles-based conservative became one of the internet's biggest sensations". Los Angeles Times . 2019-08-23. Archived from the original on 2019-12-01. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  8. ↑ "Florida schools 'hijacked by the left' turn to anti-climate cartoons". Politico . 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  9. ↑ "Walking the 'woke' tightrope". Politico . 2023-08-08. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  10. ↑ Skibell, Arianna (2023-08-07). "Next frontier in Fla. education wars: Climate". Politico . Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  11. ↑ Povich, Elaine (2023-11-03). "Controversial PragerU videos gain educational foothold in a handful of states". Tennessee Lookout . Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  12. ↑ Leitner, Attila (2025-08-15). "Orbán: "I have only one friend – the Hungarian people" - Video". The Budapest Times. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
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