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Melissa Shaffer Byers

My BIO - I moved to Cincinnati, then Pittsburg after graduation working as a personal trainer. Then I was blesed to work at the Golden Door Resort and Spa as a trainer. I trained many interesting clients including Joan Lunden, Barbra Walters, Laura Dern, etc. I was then hired privately to train Karyn Parsons (Hillary from "Fresh Prince of Bel Air") at Warner Brothers Studios. Despite my wordly travels (ha!ha!), I was blessed to have found my diamond in my own back yard when I met and ended up marrying Rob Byers from the class of 89. We had two children and moved back to Chambersburg where we started a personal training business together called Body Basics. We then sold the busiess in 2001 and moved to St. Petersburg Fl. I then started a second business called Daydreams Chocolate Fountains. I also shared the business idea with my sister in law Nikki Hunt who also started Serendipity Chocolate Fountains in Chambersburg. As the business began to outgrow me, I sold it and was hired to work for Aveda. I am passionate about environmental concerns, organic resources, etc. I recently began working for an environmental consulting firm. We work largely with the marine life in the Tampa Bay area. As much as I absolutely love the St. Pete area which is a beautiful peninsula surrounded by beatiful beaches, I still struggle with the idea of moving back to C-burg to help be a part of building the community there. Time will tell... I would love to hear from anyone from the class of 88. Also, a big thank you to Monica Kelso for all that she does for our class!!! Truly she is the glue that holds us all together.

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