Melissa Ray works as a park interpreter at Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park. She started sharing her love for history and archeology as a seasonal interpreter at Petit Jean State Park, moved to be a seasonal interpreter at Parkin Archeological State Park, and is now a full-time interpreter happy to call Plum Bayou Mounds her home. She loves reading historical fiction, watching historical anime, hiking with her dog Artemis, and playing disc golf.