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Melissa began as an intern for Where We Live in August 2006 and was hired as a producer the following January. She also serves occasionally as Technical Director and Reporter. Her daily job is to research and pitch show topics, and then schedule shows with interesting, informative guests. Before WNPR, she interned at WFCR in Amherst, MA and was News Director at her college station at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She graduated UMass with a degree in Journalism and Japanese. While there, Melissa studied ancient Japanese puppetry (bunraku) in rural Japan, and Japanese language in Tokyo. You may also run into her in her other career as a bank teller at an area bank. Melissa grew up in Florida and Madison, Connecticut and recently moved to the Hartford area. She spends her time rooting for the New York Mets and Miami Dolphins, reading books, minding her pet fish, and discussing flamingoes as often as possible.