Melissa Treacy graduated summa cum laude from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She worked for three years with Montgomery Newspapers, as a reporter and then managing editor for the Spring-Ford Reporter and Valley Item. She then worked for Broad Street Publishing, as an executive editor for My Community Trend, a Sunday suburban insert to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

She currently enjoys editing her sites, working with her awesome Patch co-workers and spending time with her family.