“Meli is an exceptionally detail oriented and systematic product designer. I had the pleasure to work with Meli for about a year on a mobile application for the VA. I hired Meli as a designer and accessibility specialist on my team, and her expertise quickly increased the accessibility of our product and the efficiency of our nascent and rapidly growing design system. Meli identified gaps in our workflows and initiated collaboration with cross-discipline team members to remedy them. Meli’s skills and passion for systematic, thoughtful, and accessible design would be an asset to any product team.”

““[Melissa] is smart, determined, dedicated, and patient. She’s always working toward the best possible user experience while delivering on business goals. Her expertise in accessibility—both web and app—helps to ensure a better experience for all users. ”

““Melissa brings a wealth of knowledge, a toolbox full of skills, and a sense of urgency to every project that we’ve had her on board…Her wealth of knowledge in UX is poured into websites and/or any other mediums such as print-based advertisements that prove to be effective in our company’s client marketing results.””

““As the first person hired to our time in her specific role, she did not just sit back and wait for others to tell her what to do. She took initiative by both completing the tasks in front of her and stretching the team to see the work from a new perspective and suggesting new work streams to elevate our accessibility practice.” ”

““Meli’s got a huge breadth of knowledge on UX, interaction design, and accessibility, and is always curious to learn more. When a couple of product designers mentioned we wanted to start exploring haptic feedback, Meli dove into research mode and came back with a truly impressive document around types of haptic feedback, best practices for implementation, and accessibility considerations.” ”

“I have had the pleasure of working with Melissa on the UX/UI team at Convo Communications. We have worked on a few projects including the launch of our new mobile app and she has always been a reliable team player. Melissa is very passionate about getting involved in the design community and learning new things by attending UX conferences and workshops. If you are looking for someone who is a user advocate with expertise in accessibility, I would highly recommend Melissa.”

““Melissa is truly one of a kind that you don’t come across often. She is an extremely talented designer with a great personality! Her colleagues lve working with her, and they speak highly of her and her design work…In the end, customers get to enjoy the products proudly built by team members like Melissa who gave it all.”
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““She brings great energy and positivity to teams that she works on, and is incredibly encouraging and supportive of her teammates. Melissa has an excellent visual design sense and always had great feedback and suggestions on how to improve designs and interactions.””

““Melissa multitasks effectively, is able to handle a high-volume workload, and always managed to deliver prior to mutually agreed-upon deadlines. I was most impressed with her sense of teamwork, especially when it came to making certain we were satisfied with the end results.””