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My name is Melissa Valle, I was born in Tijuana, Mexico and raised here in California. I will be celebrating my sixth year of marriage this year. We have a beautiful 14 year old daughter her name is Melanie and our son Nicholas he's now a year old! Oh I'm a huge Harry Potter fan
(I'm actually a Gryffindor, this is my husbands scarf).

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Mom of two kiddos

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Nicky is a handful! he is teething now so that's fun!

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I proudly graduated with my B.A. in Business and Marketing in 2016. I was elected to be the commencement speaker for my graduating class. In college, is where I realized  my passion can be turned into a career.

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I am a Senior Enrollment Counselor, I love my job I get to help people achieve their academic goals.Prior to this job I worked for my Alma mater as a high school and community outreach specialist. They called me the mad hatter, I was in practically every department from marketing to student services.

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Mel is 14 going on 30! She keeps me on my toes, she plays the flute and has been in several musicals,I love how fearless she is!

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We do everything together we like to go Kayaking in the summer, hiking, taking our dogs to the beach. We created a small business together, shadow LEGO boxes. My husband, Ricardo is in school too, he's working towards his degree in Civil Engineering.

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They all think they are people, puddles has been with me since high school.

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This is everybody, ( well we are missing Nicky) I am the eldest of 3. They are my whole world!

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I am a Disney freak! We Practically live at Disneyland on Sunday's.

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I have volunteered for the Foothill Unity Center, Boys and Girls Club, YMCA and other organizations. My job gave me the opportunity to be a part of E3 in LA, Blizzardcon, Game Developers Conference in SF, Global Game Jam (an international event)and Comicon. I became an honorary gamer.

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I take photos of practically everything! Since I was in marketing I always had a camera on hand. I love to people watch and take photos of landscapes. On occasion I do social media consulting for small businesses. I started doing yoga so hopefully I stick with it.