Melissa is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher currently teaching Science at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy in Melbourne, Florida. Melissa has taught in both private and public schools in Grenada, Barbados, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and the United States. She has been a science coordinator in a primary years program school, an elementary science resource teacher, and a science curriculum and instructional resource teacher. Melissa holds a B.S. in Agriculture Economics from the University of Maryland, an M.A.T from Johns Hopkins, and an M.Ed. in Science and Math Leadership from George Mason University. Melissa, an active member of the National Science Teaching Association, is a frequent presenter at national and regional conferences. She has served as the Chairperson of the Advisory Board for Science and Children, served on the Preschool and Elementary Science Committee, the NSTA Special Needs Advisory Board, the Aerospace Advisory Board and the International Advisory Board. She also served on the Board of the National Middle Level Science Teachers Association (NMLSTA). Prior to becoming a teacher, Melissa worked as an agriculture statistician, helping to set up crop reporting services and running rural household surveys in Morocco, Grenada, and Bolivia.