Melissa is a board certified women's health nurse practitioner. She received a bachelor's degree in Biology from Indiana University before earning a master's degree in nursing from the Vanderbilt School of Nursing. She was a registered nurse before earning a nurse practitioner certification.

Before returning to IU Health Southern Indiana Physicians, Melissa held a position at Caring for Women's Health in Indianapolis as a nurse practitioner where she managed health needs for her female patients as well as performed in-office procedures such as IUD insertions and removals, and endometrial biopsies.