Sole Member/Manager of Grant Strategies, LLC, specializing in grant research, writing, administration, program evaluation, and reporting for nonprofit organizations on a contract basis. American Grant Writers’ Association (AGWA) Certified Grant Writer. Business member of the AGWA. Guest lecturer at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Introduction to Nonprofit Business II, April 2020. Collaborator on 2020 journal article on community writing as degree coursework, published in Experience Magazine, an on-line publication of the Cooperative Education & Internship Association (CEiA). Presenter at the Coalition for Community Writing (CCW) 2019 Conference on Community Writing in Philadelphia, PA.

Melanie received her BA in English with a concentration in professional and technical writing from Indiana University East.

Volunteer activities include work for the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico, a project of the American Cello Institute, Inc., as assistant director of outreach, personnel manager, production assistant, copy writer, and historical and statistical record keeper. I also volunteer at the Theatre of Youth (TOY) in Buffalo, New York and holds positions on the finance, outreach, and long-term planning committees of her church, as well as a seat on her church council.