Melissa is a Los Angeles-based photographer, graphic designer, and artist. She is currently attending the University of Leeds in England where she contributes graphic design and photography to the Leeds Student newspaper. She is earning her Bachelor of Arts at the University California Santa Cruz, where she was the Photography Editor for the campus’ largest student-run publication, City On A Hill Press.

She is experienced with digital and film photography, studio equipment, graphic design, typography, silk screening, relief printing, monoprinting, and etching. She has photographed for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and has been published in The Militant, Fish Rap Live!, City On A Hill Press, Matchbox Magazine, and more.