Where I’m Coming From
Compiled by Forrest Preece
Marcy Melanson - Civic and Arts Leader
- What’s something about you that not many people know?
That I was born in Colorado. (That I used to be tall -- just kidding!)
- What was your first job?
Lifeguard and swim teacher
- If you could have dinner with three people – dead or alive, at any time in history—who would they be?
Helen Keller, Alan Graham (Mobile Loaves and Fishes and Community First), and John Melanson (my husband) -- all people who rose from difficult life situations to do wonderful things in this world.
- If you had to pick three musicians for a playlist, who would they be?
Gordon Lightfoot, Enya, Four Seasons
- Favorite book and TV show?
David Copperfield or A Tale of Two Cities - I love Charles Dickens. I loved " Friends."
- Most powerful movie you have seen?
"Babette's Feast” -- my favorite movie of all time
- Favorite place in Austin?
Central Market
- Favorite restaurant and watering hole
Clark's Oyster Bar
- What did you want to be when you were growing up?
I wanted to do something to help others.
- Which living person do you most admire?
My husband
- What makes you happy?
Walking around Lady Bird Lake.
- Best advice you ever received?
At all times . . . be kind.
