Melissa spent her childhood in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Washington state and Illinois; but is one of those people who never left Champaign-Urbana after attending college. She enjoys interesting jobs working with great people, and has worked as an archeologist, cartographer, GIS technician and librarian, as well as her current positions as Office Support Manager at First Pres and Manager at Twice Is Nice thrift shop. She spends most of her free time hiking in parks, volunteering as a Master Naturalist, and managing social media for a number of organizations.
