Top issues: Food and Housing Insecurity, Universal Healthcare, Building our Economy, Protecting Sacred Lands, Lifting New Mexicans Voices, Global Climate Change

Current Elected Office: State House Representative, HD-28.

Profession: Science Educator

Education: BS, Saint Mary’s College of California; MS, Cornell University

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Melanie grew up in New Mexico, helping sew garments, operating equipment and digging trenches, and bussing tables nights and weekends.