Melissa is a is a wife, mom, dog rescuer, and entrepreneur. She has the distinction of being the only person in her family to attend Catholic School from Kindergarten all the way through College. Melissa has spent more years of her life WITH a dream than without one and is passionate about helping others overcome the financial obstacles to pursuing their dreams.
In late 2009, Melissa and her husband decided to “get better with money” by getting out of debt. Melissa decided that her #1 reason to become debt free was to have money to go to Elton John concerts and fulfill her dream of meeting him in person. On her 40th birthday, the last payment to Sallie Mae was made and in total, $43,544 of consumer debt was GONE in less than 4 years! Money no longer stands in the way of pursuing her dream!
Turns out, Melissa is pretty good at this budgeting stuff and in 2012 she became the owner/founder of Melissa the Coach where she helps people overcome the financial obstacles to pursuing a dream through personal finance coaching, speaking and writing. Melissa published her first book, “Building My Yellow Brick Road: Life Lessons from Pursuing a Dream” in 2017.