Melissa is a 32‐year paramedic and 22 year flight nurse. She has worked EMS in rural and suburban Texas. She was an ICU nurse and flight nurse at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, TX. She was the Clinical Education Coordinator for California and Texas for PHI Air Medical, and she is currently the Chief Flight Nurse for St. Joseph Air Med 12 in Bryan, Texas.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in both Biomedical Science and in Nursing, and she has a Masters in both Business and Healthcare Administration.