About Malissa

Santa Fe Real Estate Consultant

Malissa’s Bio

A passion for quality, and the drive to make it happen, have earned me awards and acclaim for service, leadership and creative achievement. I am spontaneously warm, scrupulously honest, and dedicated to a tenacious and responsible management of a transaction’s many details.  As a result, I consistently earn loyal clients and heartfelt referrals.

Business professionalism was a strong and formative presence from early life. I grew up amidst the culture of one of the world’s foremost accounting firms through which I saw firsthand the pleasures-and power-of integrity, ahead-of-the-curve training, and hard work.

Extensive travel and education hard-wired me to be curious, resourceful and inclined to face challenge with a philosophical sense of humor. With a broad-based education in the Great Books (B.A., St. John’s College), Botanical Medicine (B.S.), Fine Art, and Comparative Literature, I have a variety of perspectives with which to approach a problem. Living overseas (Geneva and Rome) fine-tuned my ability to adapt to the unexpected.  I speak fluent Italian and slightly rusty French.

Career experience in communications, marketing and administration gave me solid preparation for the most demanding and satisfying adventure of my career. Career highlights include helping ghost-write and edit a book on Career Transitions, serving as Course Administrator for a distance learning program in Integrative Medicine (written and researched by a Time Magazine “Innovator-of-the-Year” and former Chair of the White House Commission for Alternative and Complementary Medicine), and acting as a Co-Director for a contemporary art gallery on Canyon Road.  I’ve also served on several not-for profit boards and committees, twice as committee chair.

To meet new people, to listen to them with keen attention, and then use my education, creativity and professional authority to deliver what they want and more is a true delight and a way to ensure that my life and capacities never stop expanding.

I am blessed with a daughter, Chloe and many wonderful friends.  My other passions include hiking, music, and enjoying and promoting Santa Fe’s creative community.