Melissa lives on a small mountain homestead in the Applegate Valley of southwestern Oregon. She grew up in southern California in a place of contrasts—orange groves, chaparral, coyote, suburbs. She holds a BA in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Cruz and an MS in Environmental Studies and Writing from the University of Montana. She also holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She currently teaches writing at Southern Oregon University.
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