Hi! I’m Melissa, Founder of TASTE N DASH.

I am a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach and Face Yoga Instructor. TASTE N DASH started as a food blog and transitioned into a face yoga and health coaching practice. I help women (+ men) of all ages to naturally reverse the signs of aging through a holistic alternative approach and create a healthier lifestyle along the way. I believe you have the power to create exactly what you desire and become the best version of yourself.

How did I get here?

Well, I too felt uncomfortable as I watched my body change during my mid-40s. So I decided to do something about it.

And, here are the cliff notes:

• I was always, ALWAYS obsessed with health and wellness.
• From the ages of 16-20, I experimented with smoothies, devoured health magazines and got into protein powder — yes, before any of this was mainstream.
• Desperate to escape the traditional and eager to find my purpose, I dropped out of community college and naively enlisted in the U.S. Navy at 19 years old.
• For 10 years, I reported for duty all over the world — including Japan and then London after 9/11.
• Between active duties, I completed my bachelor’s degree and planned to become a dietician as I too struggled with my own health, but again, turned away from the norm.
• Instead, I finished my service and then went into corporate project management for 15 years.
• It wasn’t until I started my food blog in 2014 that I felt my passion for health and wellness rekindle, and my desire to help people find alternatives resurface.
• In 2017, I discovered health coaching and started coaching people part-time alongside my corporate job and quit the office to go full-time in 2020.
• Again, I wasn’t satisfied with the traditional route, and I was experiencing aging myself, so I continued to research and dig into the anti-aging space, looking for natural, affordable, holistic techniques that combined my many passions.