Melissa Graduated from Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY in May of 2002. Her majors were History and Italian. She has been interested in photography ever since she was in 7th or 8th grade when she got to take an after school class about photography and how to develop film and prints. Ever since then, she was hooked. Spring 2001 semester, she took a photography class at the university and produced 15 final prints and aced the class. It was a great experience and she took her photography skills to Siena, Italy the following year.