Melissa Willets

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Location
St. Augustine, FL
School
Bucknell University
Expertise
Vegan Ingredients And Recipes, Gluten-Free Diet, Family Meals
  • Melissa has been a vegetarian for 30 years.
  • Her work has been featured on "Today," "Good Morning America," BBC radio, HLN, and HuffPost Live.
  • With five kids and a commitment to a healthy lifestyle, she enjoys taking a break to enjoy her other favorite pastime, drinking coffee.

Experience

Melissa has been a professional writer for 15 years. She has written for Parents, PS (previously PopSugar), and BabyCenter. Her essays on parenting have gone viral and been picked up by The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Education

Melissa's father gave her the best advice on her education: "Study what you love." And so she did and continues to live by this mantra. She earned a B.A. from Bucknell University.
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