Melissa is a Buddhist Chaplain (Soto Zen), lay ordained by Roshi Joan Halifax, Upaya Zen Centre. She is a Master Clinical Counselling Psychology Candidate, meditation, yoga and somatic movement teacher. Currently a Chaplain at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, educator with Third Space graduate interns, and provides support groups for physicians of Interior Health BC. Her work takes deep interest in care providers and centres around burnout, stress, trauma, moral despair and system theory resilience and flourishing.