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RESUME

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INSPIRATIONS & INFLUENCES

Bryan Stevenson - Celia Cruz - Oprah Winfrey - Tia & Tamera Mowry - Gwen Stefani - Roy Lichtenstein - Andy Warhol - Anime - Retro/Pop/Modern Art - Music - Travel - Fashion

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EDUCATION

NYU - Media & Communications Studies, 2006
Google - UX Design Certification, 2024

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SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS

Inaugural Sokoloff Arts Fellow, Town Stages, 2018

Brit & Co Selfmade Program Scholarship Recipient & Graduate, Fall 2020, Spring 2022

Chase for Business Luminary Fellow, 2022-2023

NatDDP Scholarship Awardee, 2022

RISE x The Mom Project, Google UX Design Certification Program Scholarship Recipient & Graduate, 2023-2024

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS & FEATURES

Print 1st edition 2006, Beneath the Deep Surface

Contributing Writer, Women in Sports issue, Spotlight On Recovery Magazine, April 2007

Creative Services & Design, Spotlight On Recovery Magazine, 2008-2017

Poem from upcoming 2nd book featured on BronxNet TV for National Poetry Month in April 2009

Contributing Writer in the premiere issue of Khloe Magazine, Nov 2011

Designed product labels for Clean Plate Co's Whole Foods Harlem line, launched July 2017

Print & E-book 2nd edition 2022, Beneath the Deep Surface

Contributing Writer, Quislaona: A Dominican Fantasy Anthology, 2022

Selfmade NYC Local Chapter Leader, 2022-2023

NYC Web Fest Graphic & Web Designer, 2020-2025

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PROJECT CLIENTS

Spotlight On Recovery Magazine
Akaye Vet
Dream America Homes Realty
Smax Music
GG’s Home Support Services
First String Comedy
MELySMAX
Soul Bliss
Missionary Church of God
G6 Entertainment Group
Mosel Icon Chocolate Decor
Boys & Girls Club of Brockton, MA
Braata Productions
SheShe Flawless
Clean Plate Co.
Paul Anthony Band
THAK French Cleaners
Cecile’s Bath & Body
Derape Productions
Sisters of K
Casey Dinkin
DJ Smiley
Attila Polonyi/Authentic Self Nation
The Super Market Fairy
Lisa Podell/Better Sessions
The Cuterie
Phoenix Refined

Zing Experience/Paul Beaubrun
The sisSTAR Loop
Madeline McCray
New Legacy Leaders Project
Richard Louissaint
Jay Blessed
Dance to Unite
Kareem Green
Bave Food
MerveilleuxMe
Angibeau.T
Stitches of Amor
By K. Balkarran
Squanto
Former MARTA CEO Keith Parker
Clean Hands For Haiti
Patrick L. Riley
Jolie&Jade
Cielo's Universe
NYC Web Fest
DR Loves Haiti Movement
Apex HEG LLC
Coco Dream
NYU Impact Investing Alumni Club (NIIAC)
Love Notes & Flowers

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MDAD PROJECTS

Annual Women Empowerment Event, 2013-2022

Launched The sisSTAR Loop, Fall 2015

Women Empowerment sisSTAR Summit, March 2019

Launched The Empowerment Network (TEN Magazine), Summer 2019

Women Empowerment sisSTAR Festival, March 2021

Women Empowerment Event Documentary, coming 2025

Love Notes & Flowers, coming 2025

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PRESS/FEATURES

2013, Women in the Spotlight feature for La Femme Latina

2016, Named Inspiring Influencer by Urban Classy

2017, ladybossblogger.com/melimel-uses-design-empower-promote-women/

2023, canvasrebel.com/meet-melimel/

2023, shoutoutla.com/meet-melimel-creative-artist-mompreneur/

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WORKSHOPS

Vision Board Workshops

Creative Writing Workshops

Arts & Crafts Workshops

Empowerment Workshops

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EXHIBITS

“Visual Garden” Photography Exhibit, The Spark Center, NYC, April 2013

“Caribbean Gems” Photography Exhibit, La Maison d’Art, Harlem, June 2013

"Glasses Series" Exhibit, Gallery Bar, NYC, April 2014

"Urban Narratives" Exhibit, SIABC Gallery, Staten Island, NY, August - October 2015

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