Gaia Online is an award-winning avatar-based online community for teens and young adults. Founded in 2003, Gaia Online has grown into one of the biggest forum communities in the worldwhere users can discuss anime, games, comics, sci-fi, fantasy and anything else they can imagine. Gaia has the world's 2nd largest discussion forums covering virtually every topic under the sun, and Gaia is very active with over 1 million forum posts per day! Gaia also has virtual worlds and games to interact with other users, and fully customizable avatars and profiles where one can express themselves freely. Mel was born and raised in Queens, New York. She studied cartooning in Art & Design High School and animation at The School of Visual Arts. Mel also taught cartooning to children for several years at a local community college in Queens, teens at Hostos Community College in the Bronx, and substituted a senior portfolio class at The School of Visual Arts.
While not slaving over her desk buried in work, Mel likes to play video games and paint model kits...which isn't very often.