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About
Throughout her childhood, Miss Melissa participated in school choirs, dance performances, and musicals. Miss Melissa graduated in NJ from Piscataway High School in 1993 with honors and was part of the award winning Concert Choir as well as lead roles of Peggy Sawyer in "42nd Street" and Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz." In July 1998 she received her Kindermusik certification and began teaching the following fall. She graduated Cum Laude from Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J.in May 1999 with a B.A. in Music. She has been working "for" children for the past 25 years with roles of piano and vocal instructor, camp counselor and director, after-school teacher, dance teacher, pre-school music teacher, and substitute. She was a member of the Charlottesville Music Teachers Association and the Blue Ridge Partnership for Kindermusik Educators and previously was the music teacher at Millstone of Ivy Preschool, Effort Christian School and The Light Academy before moving to North Chesterfield with her family in May 2020. In addition, Miss Melissa had a successful piano studio in Fluvanna County for many years usually with 20+ students enrolled. She also is a fully accredited Kindermusik educator at Little Sunshine Music Studio in Midlothian. She is highly involved with "Camp Happy Times", a one-week summer camp for children with cancer, and has been a counselor there since 1998. Miss Melissa lives with her partner Matt, her daughter Meredith, and her mother Debbie. In her spare time (yeah right!) she spends loving the outdoors, attending concerts, and relaxing with family and friends.