My name is Melissa María Díaz, and I am grateful to be an artist.

As my esteemed teacher, guide, and fellow TM-er, the one and only, David Lynch, would say:

Welcome to the Art Life

My art generally manifests through storytelling in many forms, and I love being a storyteller. Most of all, I cherish having lived most of the stories I share and the privilege of telling the stories of others. Thank you for stopping by to listen and read about more of mine.

I’m currently available for consulting engagements.

Where am I: I’m based in London in the UK and, I’m also very likely sitting in an airplane’s window seat traveling between there and somewhere else right now.

Where have I come from: I’m born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts in the USA, following my mother’s move to the area in 1964 as a girl at age 14 with her sister, two step-siblings, mother/my north star and abuelita and stepfather and the rest as they say is history.

Personally

Again, I’m an Artist, living "the Art Life" - and believe we all are! I’m a never-ending Life and Worldwide Explorer who lives by my own adopted mantra that "Life is for Loving and Living," former yoga teacher, Baron Baptiste's, quote: "A smile will take you a mile!," and my Stratton Snowboarding Instructor's year 2000 quote: "Look where you want to go, and you will go there!"

Professionally

In addition to writing songs since the age of 7, articles since University, and most recently ghostwriting and screenwriting, I’m a 15+ year dealmaker, thought-leader and executor with 9-figure revenue results currently operating and scaling startup via enterprise sales and business development in the SaaS, Software, Data, AI and ML, as well as early/seed venture scouting with focus on women and diverse founders!

Experience across fundraising--private, public and political, family offices, alternative investments, startups, sales, multi-channel marketing (native/branded/SEM/SEO/display/ email/PR/social/TV/OTT/voice/podcasts/print), pitches and public speaking including B2C/B2B, Fortune 500, enterprise, mid-market, SMB, SaaS, software, data, AI, ML, e-commerce, mobile, hardware, publishing, pharma, legal, action sports, motorsports, women, global, US Hispanic and LatAm markets.

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