Melissa is the campus minister at UB with BASIC. She is on staff at Love Joy Gospel Church and also directs a Women’s Discipleship House for female Christian students who want to live in a Christian environment while attending college. 

The easiest place to find Melissa on campus is at Starbucks or hanging out with students somewhere in the Student Union. 

Melissa has given her life to seeing college and 20-somethings know their God and ignite their generation to do the same.

Melissa loves coffee and chocolate, but never in the same cup. She’ll play spades for hours; and to cope with the winter months in Buffalo, she tries not to kill herself snowboarding. She dislikes boring rollercoasters, shrimp & being sticky.

Fun Facts to Know & Tell

Born in Detroit, Michigan

Album You Listen to Most: Jonathan Stockstill ~ Deluge

# 1 Book You Recommend: the Bible - and I am not saying that ‘cause I have to...I never get tired of reading it

Crazy Fact About Yourself: I was across the street when a bomb went off in a subway station in NYC. No one was hurt, but we were stranded in Manhattan for four hours.

Countries You Have Been to: Kenya & Malaysia

Melissa’s Email: mkingbasic@yahoo.com

You can also visit her on Facebook or reach her at her office: 716-651-0400, ext. 299