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Melissa!

I am a Graphic Designer, Writer, and Storyteller with 4+ years of experience in Psychology and Creative Writing. I bring stories and designs to life.

I am a Graphic Designer, Writer, and Storyteller with 4+ years of experience in Psychology and Creative Writing. I bring stories and designs to life.

I am a Graphic Designer, Writer, and Storyteller with 4+ years of experience in Psychology and Creative Writing. I bring stories and designs to life.

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Daly City, California

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My Services

My Services

My Services

Branding and Identity

Branding and Identity

Branding and Identity

Print Design

Print Design

Print Design

UX/UI Design

UX/UI Design

UX/UI Design

Illustration and Art

Illustration and Art

Illustration and Art

My Experience

My Experience

My Experience

Sept. 2024 - Present

Graphic Designer at MCB Design Collective

With years of copyediting and writing under my belt, along with my experience as a mentor, peer educator, and teacher, my work as a graphic designer has involved developing brand identities for small businesses, providing digital/print design solutions and consulting on creative direction for content creators, and creating vector artwork for thematic pieces. I pride myself on being efficient, responsive, and detailed in all my works.

Sept. 2024 - Present

Graphic Designer at MCB Design Collective

With years of copyediting and writing under my belt, along with my experience as a mentor, peer educator, and teacher, my work as a graphic designer has involved developing brand identities for small businesses, providing digital/print design solutions and consulting on creative direction for content creators, and creating vector artwork for thematic pieces. I pride myself on being efficient, responsive, and detailed in all my works.

Sept. 2024 - Present

Graphic Designer at MCB Design Collective

With years of copyediting and writing under my belt, along with my experience as a mentor, peer educator, and teacher, my work as a graphic designer has involved developing brand identities for small businesses, providing digital/print design solutions and consulting on creative direction for content creators, and creating vector artwork for thematic pieces. I pride myself on being efficient, responsive, and detailed in all my works.

2018 - 2022, Spring 2025

Peer Educator/Mentor at Santa Clara University

As a peer educator, I helped develop and teach the curriculum of creative writing classes, helping students write and edit autobiographical memoirs and narratives. As a mentor, I advised a graduating senior on her biographical creative writing piece about the Filipino labor movement, centering around themes of Filipino identity and representation. Both roles entailed developing pieces of 30 or more pages for each individual.

2018 - 2022, Spring 2025

Peer Educator/Mentor at Santa Clara University

As a peer educator, I helped develop and teach the curriculum of creative writing classes, helping students write and edit autobiographical memoirs and narratives. As a mentor, I advised a graduating senior on her biographical creative writing piece about the Filipino labor movement, centering around themes of Filipino identity and representation. Both roles entailed developing pieces of 30 or more pages for each individual.

2018 - 2022, Spring 2025

Peer Educator/Mentor at Santa Clara University

As a peer educator, I helped develop and teach the curriculum of creative writing classes, helping students write and edit autobiographical memoirs and narratives. As a mentor, I advised a graduating senior on her biographical creative writing piece about the Filipino labor movement, centering around themes of Filipino identity and representation. Both roles entailed developing pieces of 30 or more pages for each individual.

2019 - 2020

Santa Clara Review Editorial Board

As part of the editorial board, I worked with lead editors to triage submissions based on scope and journal standards, collaboratively assessed work in the genres of prose, poetry, and art, reviewed submissions for compliance with quality standards, and helped guide editorial improvements.

2019 - 2020

Santa Clara Review Editorial Board

As part of the editorial board, I worked with lead editors to triage submissions based on scope and journal standards, collaboratively assessed work in the genres of prose, poetry, and art, reviewed submissions for compliance with quality standards, and helped guide editorial improvements.

2019 - 2020

Santa Clara Review Editorial Board

As part of the editorial board, I worked with lead editors to triage submissions based on scope and journal standards, collaboratively assessed work in the genres of prose, poetry, and art, reviewed submissions for compliance with quality standards, and helped guide editorial improvements.

About Melissa

About Melissa

About Melissa

Melissa Cristina Ballete is a Bay Area writer, teacher, and graphic designer who believes in art and story as a catalyst for social justice and connection. Nominated in 2020 for the Pushcart Prize, her prose, centering on her experience as a second generation Filipina-American and her love of nature, has been published in Santa Clara University's student-only publication, The Owl, as well as in its global literary magazine, The Santa Clara Review. She graduated from Santa Clara University in 2022 with a BA in English and minor in Creative Writing, and is currently completing Associate's Degrees in Graphic Design, Mobile App & Web Design, and Interdisciplinary Studies in Arts and Media at the College of San Mateo through 2026.

Her latest projects include the curation of a community-made zine for the widely acclaimed free to play third person shooter Warframe, as well as expanding on the stories and art of her next chapbook, Engkantada, featured in her portfolio.

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