Melissa is a licensed insurance agent and a former funeral director in Lake Isabella, CA. She has a degree in Business Management with a Marketing focus, and nearly 20 years of experience in advertising. Before joining the world of mortuary sciences and insurance sales, she was the Kern County Sales Manager for Adelman Broadcasting, a network of five radio stations and one TV channel. Prior to that, she worked for Gatehouse Media as the Special Projects Manager for The Daily Independent. Today, Melissa maintains several professional licenses including CA Life & Health Insurance and CA Property & Casualty Insurance, and she works on-call in those fields. She loves to ride and show horses, and enjoys spending time with her husband and family. Outside of work, her interests include muscle cars, gemology and fancy pets.