Marissa Streit

Marissa Streit
Streit speaking with attendees at the 2018 Young Women's Leadership Summit
Born (1981-08-28) August 28, 1981
Los Angeles, United States
CitizenshipAmerican and Israeli
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
OccupationBusinesswoman
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]

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. ^ a b c d e f g 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Stone, Peter (2023-09-06). "US 'university' spreads climate lies and receives millions from rightwing donors". The Guardian. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  7. ^ a b c "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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