Malissa is one of the kindest, most caring, conscientious, trustworthy, and dependable people I know. She is a font of knowledge in all aspects of child care from development and training, different modalities of teaching that are personalized to the individual, and psychology and behavior. She just "gets" kids of all ages and knows how to communicate with both them and the parents successfully - and is excellent in setting an action plan of goals with both. She also goes above and beyond with house management if needed, from ensuring laundry gets to done to thoughtful and healthy laid out meal plans. Malissa also knows how to expertly manage busy schedules and make sure everyone gets to school or dance or sports events in a reliable and timely manner every day. I cannot recommend her highly enough. She has also devoted a lot of time to animal rescue and has helped many cats find loving homes after carefully rehabilitating and training them. She is just a very loving, kind person.