About me
Melissa has served as a crisis shelter advocate for the last 33 years for the YWCA of Yakima. Melissa is a proud Yakima resident, born and raised which shows her connection and involvement with our local community. Melissa brings her own lived experience, compassion, validation, a well-rounded individual who supports and empowers all individuals who she interacts with.
Melissa continues to be a role model advocate for victims of domestic abuse through appropriate victim centered advocacy support, inclusion, and connection & appropriate community resources. YWCA Yakima is thankful for Mellissa's work, commitment and her passion she provides on a day-to-day basis, her work shares the mission and vision of advocacy and the work of empowering victims to become self-reliant survivors.
Thank you for your time and work!