Carissa serves as a mission intern in Guatemala. She also serves with Hope for Home, which is a Christian organization that focuses on caring for children with special needs and their families, as well as addressing the systemic issues that cause special needs in children in Guatemala. Carissa helps to provide direct care to the children in one of the children’s homes, and also uses her nursing skills to assist with Hope for Home’s multiple outreach ministries, which include a child sponsorship program, rural village ministry, nutrition programs, and women’s health clinics.