Melissa Hinebauch is a poet, painter, and cowgirl at heart. She has written articles for The Concord Monitor, Newsweek, and The Boston Globe. In addition, Melissa's poetry has appeared in TheAtlantic.com and been read on WBUR/NPR Boston. Even though she has a background in advertising and marketing, Melissa is most proud of having been recruited to play in the Women's Professional Football League. She is currently busy advocating for disability rights, splattering paint on mixed media collages, restocking her Little Free Library, and inadvertently killing all her houseplants. Melissa splits her time between the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Ocean, and New England.