Marienthal graduated from the private East Bay French-American School in Berkeley,[1][4] where all students learn to speak French and attend classes in two languages, and from Berkeley High School in 2004.[citation needed] He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 2008 with a double major in comparative literature and international development studies.[citation needed] He also holds a master's degree in development studies from Brown.[citation needed] As of February 2019, Marienthal is a doctoral candidate in geography at the University of California, Berkeley.[5]