Melina took some of the skills she fine tuned as a high school english teacher for 11 years and ventured into real estate in 2004. She was quick to apply her outstanding people skills and the gift of service to her new career and as a result she was named “ rookie of the year” even though she had only been a realtor for 6 months. Today she focuses the majority of her time on her eight grandchildren, but still manages to maintain relationship with many of her past clients and as a result functions as more of a referring agent to the team.