Melisa Resch
BIO
Before joining Liquid Words, Melisa was a civil rights and political organizer. She has been an outspoken advocate on many issues, including affirmative action, reproductive rights, LGBT rights and equity in public education.
She has planned marches on Washington, toured as a local and national public speaker, worked as a union organizer, has been a legal investigator and researcher and was a named co-defendant intervener in the Grutter V. Bollinger affirmative action case at the University of Michigan.
Melisa earned her B.A. in Africana Studies from Wayne State University. She is the Editor-in-Chief of The Outlet and is pursuing her Masters of Arts in New Media Studies at DePaul University. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.
TESTIMONIALS:
Melisa's writing is the rare kind that cuts though to the heart of a matter, a scene or a character with refreshingly simple yet lyric prose. She possesses the kind of talent that makes other writers pause, rewind and read back sentences out loud just for sheer pleasure.
Krista Jahnke, Detroit Free Press