Mellisa Pascale obtained her M.A. in Nonfiction Writing from Johns Hopkins University, where she received the National Society of Collegiate Scholars Graduate Award. Her creative nonfiction and poetry have appeared in The Common Online, Humans and Nature Press Digital, Dandelion Scribes, and other publications. She is a reader at Soft Star Magazine.

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Mellisa received her M.Phil. in Medieval Studies from Trinity College Dublin. An article from her thesis, a comparative study of Early Irish and Japanese nature poetry, was published in the peer-reviewed journal Studia Celtica Fennica. ​