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Originally from Houma, Louisiana, Melissa Winder Hughes graduated from Vandebilt Catholic High School in 1998 and continued her studies at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, where she graduated in 2001 with a BA in Journalism and Media Writing and a minor in International Studies. She had a successful advertising career in New Orleans at Peter A. Mayer Advertising while completing her graduate studies with an MA in Mass Communication from Loyola University in 2006. Currently, Hughes resides in Mobile, Alabama, where she cares for her children, Charlotte (5) and Alexander (3), enjoys freelance writing, assists her husband David with his finance business as marketing consultant/event coordinator and participates in many volunteer organizations.