She’s worked at various networks such as NBC, A&E Television Networks, and HBO. She free-lanced as an Associate Producer working on various productions for television. In 2004 she began working on her documentary,” Isabel Rosado: Nationalist”. In the fall of 2005, the documentary became a fiscally sponsored project of Women Make Movies. In 2007 she was a fellow at NALIP’s Latino Producer’s Academy. Melissa is the recipient of The Eastman Fund, The Roy W. Dean, Latino Public Broadcasting, La Fundacion Francisco Manrique Cabrera, New York Community Trust and Firelight Media’s Next Step Fund grants. In 2009, she participated NALIP’s Media Market. Melissa has a Bachelor of Arts in TV/Video from Hofstra University. Oscar Lopez Rivera and her work in the Puerto Rican nationalist community..she is working on a film about Isabel Rosado (107 years) a famous Puerto Rican Nationalist..