Community Mobilization Intern
intern3 [at] latinainstitute [dot] org
Melissa is a native New Yorker who was born and raised in Washington Heights. She is excited about becoming fully involved in community activism and advocacy in the areas of women’s rights and public health issues. She is a Ph.D. candidate in the history department at Binghamton University (SUNY) pursuing a degree in Latin American and Caribbean history. She has received a M.A. in Latin American and Caribbean history from Binghamton as well as a Certificate in Feminist Theory awarded by Binghamton University’s Women’s Studies department. Before continuing her graduate studies at Binghamton University, she taught high school within the New York City public school system where she worked with at-risk youth in the South Bronx and Manhattan. While teaching at the secondary level, she also pursued a Masters of Science in Teaching at Pace University (M.S.T., 2003).
When Melissa is not writing her dissertation or working on translations, she is reading, traveling, or practicing yoga. She recently completed a yoga teacher training and hopes to bring the healing practice of yoga to underserved communities and at-risk youth, especially young women.
