Melissa is a teacher at Crown of Creation, a Philadelphia arts organization hosting Sketch Nights and Sip & Paint events. She regularly participates as an art vendor and live painter at local events including Meet Me On South Street, Pancakes and Booze Art Show, Rock the House 215 and The Philly Stoop. She has exhibited at venues such as the Union League, Crown of Creation, and Ice Box Project Space. In the summer of 2024, Melissa embarked into the world of landscape painting at the Mount Gretna School of Art in Mt. Gretna, PA. She has also studied at Studio Incamminati, School for Contemporary Realist Art in Philadelphia, PA.