Melanie Burke is certified peer support specialist, who has vast personal experience in family, friend and acquaintances who struggle with addition, anxiety and coping skills. She, herself, is a recovered alcoholic, who struggled with lostness in a sea of adversity. She is an intuitive introvert, with a good amount of self-reflection and introspection. She originally created these designs for herself, and decided to put them in books to hopefully give another tool in the belt of others' recovery journeys. Melanie loves a good recovery story and seeing hope and strength return to people's eyes and hearts. She is a published children's book illustrator, as well. Melanie holds a MFA in music education and she teaches piano, voice and music technology to people of all ages. She hopes to reach people who need these books the most: prisons, detention facilities. hospitals, and individuals in recovery. Her books are for all- not just people in recovery!