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Melissa has been a certified athletic trainer for Columbus Community Hospital since 2019. Her athletic training services take her to Schuyler Central High School. Before coming to CCH, she was an assistant athletic trainer at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas.

She is a 2010 graduate of Thayer Central High School in Hebron, Nebraska. She continued her education at Central Community College in Columbus, where she received an associate degree in science. She later received a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science from Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, before receiving a Master of Science degree in athletic training from the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Oklahoma, in 2018. Melissa is involved in the Nebraska State Athletic Trainers Association, the Mid-American Athletic Trainers Association and the National Athletic Trainers Association.

In her free time, Melissa enjoys volunteering as part of the medical team for various events. She has maintained her Oklahoma state athletic training license so she can volunteer at the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon each year.