We were lucky to catch up with Melissa Martini-morales recently and have shared our conversation below.
Melissa, we’re thrilled to have you on our platform and we think there is so much folks can learn from you and your story. Something that matters deeply to us is living a life and leading a career filled with purpose and so let’s start by chatting about how you found your purpose.
I feel like my purpose, if I had to capture it in one word, is “curating.” It’s the act of gathering and organizing things into a cohesive whole. I discovered my love for curating back in high school, when I joined the literary magazine, picking out and ordering pieces, seeing how they could complement each other on a page. Later, while studying creative writing at Seton Hall, I focused my degree on fiction, especially short stories. I had always envisioned writing novels, but I fell for the unique power of short stories and collections, where every piece contributes to a greater theme or feel.