Melissa hails from the island of Newfoundland, Canada, and has made Perth her permanent home since 2017.

A graduate of Murdoch University, Melissa has interests in internal and emergency  medicine. She has worked in research at the Ontario Veterinary College and in emergency in both Canada and Perth.

Melissa lives south of the river with her husband, Blake, and while they have no pets, she likes to pretend every patient is her own!