She has worked with students with disabilities starting in the classroom and moving to the community to help them achieve domestic life skills, social skills, and employability skills. Melissa has also been a basketball coach working with students from pre-K to high school teaching them team sport concepts and fundamentals needed to excel. Melissa lives in Somerset, Ohio with her husband Brad and her son Cameron. Melissa spends her time with her family planning adventures for her son and her eight nieces and nephews from whom she draws her inspiration to write stories.