Author. Speaker. Coach.
Hi, I’m Melina!
For forty years, I asked questions for a living.
As a journalist, I interviewed everyone from Oprah Winfrey and Nora Ephron to Deepak Chopra and hundreds of people whose stories stayed with me long after the notebook closed.
Later, I spent nearly two decades at National Geographic helping create books, magazines, and franchises for millions of readers.
Today, my work explores reinvention, curiosity, joy, and what makes a life feel meaningful—not just successful.
Photograph by Becky Hale