Melissa's perspective session was an enlightening and unique one. The way she conducted the session was rather different, in that she did not rely on content-heavy slides, but instead spoke to us warmly, candidly and from the heart. The discussions we had were very inspiring - her enthusiasm and passion for driving change in youth really struck with me. A key takeaway she mentioned from her journey of mentoring was to not judge people for their actions/ mistakes without knowing where they are coming from. For example, one of her students used to be late not out of laziness but due to working 2 jobs a day. Overall, it was an extremely calming and engaging 90 mins and I really appreciate the opportunity to learn from her.