Melissa, a northern Virginia native, moved to Charlottesville with her husband fifteen years ago to pursue her Masters in Teaching from UVA. After spending several years in San Francisco working for start-ups and meeting her future husband, they moved back to the east coast to be closer to family. Melissa graduated from the Curry School and started working at Village School, a middle school for girls in downtown Charlottesville.

For the last fourteen years, she has taught and administrated at Village School while pursuing her Education Specialist degree in Curriculum and Instruction from UVA. Melissa is passionate about mission driven curriculum development and using best teaching practices in the classroom. Seven Rivers is a beautiful mix of Melissa’s belief as a teacher and a parent that children thrive when they feel safe, loved, and challenged.

Melissa and her husband, Paul, are parents to two boys ages four and six. When she is not teaching, Melissa can be found outside with her boys helping them find bugs and any other creatures that are slow enough to be caught and gently examined.