Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. The daughter of 2 physicians, Marita was bred to be the perfect Beltway trophy wife. Instead, the failed debutante married for love. Voted Third Best Legs in Prep School and Most Likely to Teach Aerobics. The Today show called her, "the face of the new middle age." She’s modeled for several hardware stores and is the voice of Bariatric Surgery Aftercare. The mom of 2, fights to stay hot on a budget, celebrates interfaith marriage, family, and parenting an autistic child. She’s a Pilates teacher living that middle class Hollywood life. Filipino, the fancy kind.
As a stand up comic, she's performed at clubs all over the country including The Improv, The Ice House, The Laugh Factory, Caroline's NYC and The Comedy Store. Marita can be seen in several national commercials as the ethnically ambiguous, aspirational mom.
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