Department(s):

English as a Second Language

Office:

Coast Center Commons, #102A

Office Hours:

Spring 2025

Monday:          5:00pm - 6:00pm   #102A & 1- 2:00pm by Zoom
Wednesday:    5:00pm - 6:00pm   #102A
Thursday:        3:00pm - 4:00pm   #102A  
Friday:             10:00am - 11:00am  Zoom only

Melissa Fornari is from Brazil, where she received her bachelor鈥檚 degree in English and Portuguese with a focus on language teaching. She has a master鈥檚 in Linguistics from Florida International University. Melissa has over 15 years of experience teaching English as a Second Language and Portuguese, working in Brazil and in the United States. In 2018, she moved permanently to Mendocino, and she started teaching at 黑料正能量 in the spring of 2019. Besides teaching ESL, she also serves the students as ESL Specialist and Program Assistant at the Coast Center, in Fort Bragg.