As a higher education professional, Melissa has worked for universities across Central Florida since 2007. She has served as an instructor, teaching and learning coordinator, associate dean, and, in her current position, as the Faculty Development Specialist in the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence at Saint Leo University. At SLU, Melissa works to bring innovative technology solutions, mindful practices, and design thinking to geographically dispersed faculty who teach across multiple modalities. Her professional interests include learning analytics, progressive education, and transformational leadership. She continues to teach writing and literature courses and believes being called “obnoxiously excited” about teaching is the best feedback she has ever received.
Most of her creative writing falls under the creative non-fiction genre and she enjoys experimenting with epistolary styles, micro essays, stream of consciousness, and lyrical ballads. Her essays often examine revelations and redemption, reflective insights, and relationships with a focus on self-awareness, lesbian and queer communities, and nature.
Personally, she is an active member of several human rights organizations, practices yoga and veganism, and adores flat-faced dogs. She is currently working on her doctorate in Learning Design and Performance Technology at Florida State University. 
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