With over 15 years experience in the film and television industry, Melissa got her start in North Carolina as an extra for the television show Dawson's Creek and decided to move to NYC where she received her BA in Film Production at Brooklyn College and her MFA in Media Studies at The New School. During that time Melissa worked as a Post-Production Producer managing reality shows to Prime Time and features and is currently working at Paragon Studios as the Director of Studio Operations & Sales.