Melissa graduated from the University of St. Thomas in May of 2003 with her Bachelor in Accounting & her Masters of Business Administration thru University of Regis in 2012. Melissa obtained her Certified Public Accountant license from the State of Florida and Minnesota. Melissa's career has been in both public and private where she worked in small business financial statement preparation and consulting, tax, audit and GAAP & GAAS compliance. Melissa is a QuickBooks ProAdvisor. She is a member of the FICPA and AICPA. When Melissa isn't working she loves spending time at the beach with her husband, daughters and dog. Melissa moved back to Minnesota from Florida in the summer of 2017.