February 3rd, 2007 by Progressive Wednesday
Born into a semi-nomadic family that lived in nine states in eleven years, Melissa Brannen moved from Cleveland to Denver and finally to Youngstown, New York, all before she was 2. This last moved ended the itinerant existence and here they stayed, spending a dozen years in the same house, only to move a ½ mile away (round trip, that is).
After nearly flunking out of a prestigious prep school, she moved on to her rowdy college years at the University of Tampa. A few years “studying– history and she moved back home, settled down (relatively speaking), had a daughter, and started the 8-5 gig. Facing the issues most single moms and working families faces, she finally decided to get off her ass and get involved. The high price and low availability of quality child care, health care and family/sick leave encouraged her to become socially active in women's, civil, and family rights causes and organizations.
She still does the 40-hours-a-week shtick for a bunch of lawyers, and now calls Buffalo home, mainly because her daughter loves to yell “Go Bills!– at the top of her lungs. Oh, and the low taxes don't hurt.
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